Get It Straight
So many times before
that the melody keeps repeating
growing new ideas,
flowing chords and notes
like a mountain river bleeding
.
Well I say as I look back
And all the thoughts I've had
they reflect just what I'm learning
Yes, you know that the hardest part
Yes, I say is to stay on top,
On top of a world forever churning
Whoa yeah, oh yeah.
Well, you say you can laugh,
But I can see that your eye's are glass
Well do you see, can't you see what I'm feeling?
Yes I've seen your face before
Why, I've seen it everyw
Somewhere In Hollywood
Down on the casting couch
A star is gonna be born
A star with the stature of a Harlow
Who's doomed
And groomed to enrapture
All her co-stars, and stuntmen, the co-stars
Oh, let there be lights, action, sound
Lights, action, sound - Roll 'em!
Out in the mezzanine
On the arm of a dumb marine
Her beauty looks out like a trailer
Norman Mailer
Waits to nail her
He's under the bed
And he's waiting for her to be dead
He's out on the patio
With his polaroid and scenario
And he's armed and he's dangerously....
Close was the weather
When I was a kid
She gave me a feather from her gown
To cool me down, to cool me down
And I was the galley slave
Who lost his heart when the ship went down
Lights, action, sound
Roll 'em
I had a part in the talkies
When you were a little girl
I've taken Lassie for walkies
When she was the pup that Vaudeville threw up
And destiny lead her
Hand in paw to somewhere
In Hollywood
That's crazy, a dog up in Beverly Hills
Crazy, crazy
La, la, la, la, la.... (You better lie low)