Liza Forever Minnelli

[Verse 1]

There's the part you've braced yourself against, and then

There's the other part

Steal up inclining northward streets with some

Weird sickness in the dark

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Saw your name on the sidewalk

Saw your brave face in my mind

If you're gonna sit next to the dealer, you get to bet blind

[Chorus]

Never get away, never get away

I am never, ever gonna get away from this place

Laid out on the street, my eyes toward the sun

Your star next to my face

[Verse 2]

The compasses I came into this world with

Never really worked so good

Gentle shadows spilling down the hills

Up on Mulholland at Ledgewood

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Turn back, turn back

Find someone to tell your secrets to

Dream past an old hotel on Ivar and seconds later, I saw you

[Chorus]

Never get away, never get away

I am never, ever gonna get away from this place

Laid out on the street, my eyes toward the sun

Your star next to my face

[Bridge]

Let the camera track me

From the footlights to the wings

Let me set aside an hour or two

In memory of sweet things

[Verse 3]

Regrind the lens again and again and again and again

But still the picture flips

Anyone here mentions "Hotel California" dies before

The first line clears his lips

[Chorus]

Never get away, never get away

I am never, ever gonna get away from this place

Laid out on the street, my eyes toward the sun

Your star next to my face