Everybody wants to runaway to California

Cuz New York is colder than it used to be

The city of angels will swallow you hole

But you'll still go anyway

Cuz this world's been falling apart at the seams

You can try to sow it up with drugs alcohol and palm trees

Your fake friends will take you to parties

Where nobody will even know your name

So smile and wave keep it together as they walk by

Don't let em know that you're broke, that you're somebody else

You're just a ghost in a body

Another Hollywood Zombie

There's only one way through California

You can sell your soul, cut off an arm or two

They'll eat you alive if you come out at night

But you'll do it anyway

To forget the life that you once knew

You'll cover it up with coffee and cigarettes just to stay up

Tear down your walls on the way up

Just so no-one will remember that you came

So smile and wave, keep it together as they walk by

Don't let em know that you're broke, that you need their help

You're just a ghost in a body

Another Hollywood Zombie