Queen of Hollywood

                                  She drove a long way through the night 

From an urban neighborhood 

She left her mother in a fight 

For a dream misunderstood 

And her friends they talk on corners 

They could never comprehend 



But there was always something different 

In the way she held a stare 

And the pictures that she painted 

Were of glamor and of flair 

And her boyfriend through he loved her 

Knew he couldn't quite fulfill 

He could never meet her there 



She's never gonna be like the one before 

She read it in her stars that there's something more 

No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks 

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood 



And the cynics they will wonder 

What's the difference with this dream 

And the dreams of countless others 

All believing in TV 

They see their hand prints in a sidewalk 

Flashing cameras on the scene 

And a shining limousine 



She's never gonna be like the one before 

She read it in her stars that there's something more 

No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks 

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood 



She's believing in a dream 

It's a loaded fantasy 



Now her mother collects cut-outs 

And the pictures make her smile 

But if she saw behind the curtains 

It could only make her cry 

She's got hand prints on her body 

Sad moonbeams in her eyes 

Not so innocent a child 



She's never gonna be like the one before 

She read it in her stars that there's something more 

No matter what it takes, no matter how she breaks 

She'll be the Queen of Hollywood