Playing the Part

Takin' a dip on the Sunset Strip in the mornin'

Ain't nothin' like the smell of tofu and high dollar wine

Except maybe all of them cars lockin' down the I-5

I find it amazin', these rats I've been chasin'

Are helping me remember a time

When the only L.A. I knew

Was Lower Alabama

Back when me and Hannah

Was wishin' on a southern star

Now it's so complicated, I really hate it

Why'd I ever wanna go so far?

Takin' depression pills in the Hollywood Hills

Actin' like I'm playing the part

All this grippin' and grinnin', and bluesin' and winnin' and runnin'

And promises break like an egg on the hot asphalt

What the hell was I thinkin', drinkin' like I'd never get caught?

These high dollar woman and the fame and the fortune

Ain't worth the ticket I bought

When the only L.A. I knew

Was Lower Alabama

Back when me and Hannah

Was wishin' on a southern star

Now it's so complicated, I really hate it

Why'd I ever wanna go so far?

Takin' depression pills in the Hollywood Hills

Actin' like I'm playing the part

Takin' depression pills in the Hollywood Hills

Actin' like I'm playing the part