Eliza Gilkyson - Hollywood Years lyrics

Well I came to California With a guitar on my knee And a U-haul full of furniture Little dreams of what I could be Deep from the west with a song in my chest And a foolish smile on my face An innocent rube soon gone for good That a darker muse would replace With a song of sorrow On a trail of tears And a dream I followed Through the Hollywood years Well I hit the streets with my Sack of sweets And I peddled them at the store But it didn't take very long too see The gargoyles guarding the door To the perfumed garden any fool could tell It was all happening over the wall So I dressed in black to mourn the fact I was headed straight for a fall With a song of sorrow On a trail of tears And a dream I followed Through the Hollywood years Pull the strap down off your shoulder Guard your heart and be a soldier You'll be dead if you get colder girl You're getting older With a rumbling sound we were thrown to the ground When the scales hit 6.1 And it left not doubt it was time to get out But there was no place left to run Out of cash Hollywood trash Shoved to the edge of the shore Packed my bag and raised the white flag I just couldn't buy in anymore To the song of sorrow And the trail of tears And a dream I followed Through the Hollywood Years