Ghost of the Chateau Marmont

There's a place lost in time Where the palm trees and vines Rustle under an empty blue sky Where successes and fakes Go to make their mistakes Far away from the cruel public eye Past the red velvet rope Pink champagne, lines of coke See a star, catch a glimpse of her thigh But behind every thrill Lies the terrible chill Of the dream that refuses to die Now and forever, prisoner of Babylon Pray that you'll never Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont She was shiny and new Not so different from you Wide eyed, fresh off of the farm Golden hair warm as honey She didn't have money But could light up the room with her charm But her soul was no match For a town that can snatch up your hopes and give none in return Casting couches and pills Are as certain to kill As the Hollywood Hills are to burn Now and forever, prisoner of Babylon Pray that you'll never Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont Night after night she wanders the halls Searching for fortune and fame Should her life sound familiar at all You wouldn't know her by name Now and forever, prisoner of Babylon Pray that you'll never Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont Pray that you'll never Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont