Backslide

Los Angeles take your dreams away Put you on the ground At the end of the day it's your life, your loss If you can't turn the clock around I said, oh, my God, you can have her for that one So you better not miss a shot You're letting yourself get into all kinds of danger Soon enough, you're gonna get caught They had a feeling It was like you had to prove you're one in a million And on top of that junkies are dealing This time the drugs are you and they'll come through It ain't gonna stop 'til they get what they want And I said nobody knows me, I'm all alone I, I, I, I, I, I, I gotta go It's a Hollywood bus stop and the party's over I, I, I, I, I, I, I gotta go John was havin' his homeboy down, so he waited for a ride Then waited to confide in Hollywood's constant backslide With affordable lives and a sunroof, nestled among the filth Frequencies and bad intentions, gotta take it for what it's worth, but I say They had a feeling It was like you had to prove you're one in a million And on top of that junkies still dealing This time the drugs are you and they'll come through It ain't gonna stop 'til they get what they want And I said nobody knows me, I'm all alone I, I, I, I, I, I, I gotta go It's a Hollywood bus stop and the party's over I, I, I, I, I, I, I gotta go Have you ever been haunted by your past? And it will never let you go Will never ever, ever let you go No, I said, they'll never ever, ever let you go Nobody knows me, I'm all alone I, I, I, I, I, I, I gotta go It's a Hollywood bus stop and the party's over I, I, I, I, I, I, I gotta go