It's a dog eat dog, piranhas eat sharks

Might as well quit before you even start

They say it's who you know where these dreams are sold

Bought by bank rolls, backed by fools gold

Masses head west to Los Angeles

Told they were the best back in they little nest

Somewhere, nowhere, but not from here

Once they arrive ambition meets with fear

Insecurities change smiles to more denial

The only constant is no, struggle to trial

It's a long road to the top of nothing

No morals, no friends, just the love for something

Never to be attained, it drains the soul dry

Under a bridge downtown the sole cry

Feeling like the city is all you really have

But when you take a look back, that's really sad

In L.A. things don't always work out quite like they should

Where I stay

Seems like dreams might get shattered

Cut throat world is no joke

In L.A. things don't always work out quite like they should

Where I stay

Cut throat world is no joke

We see more ups than downs in

Young, dumb and sprung on fantasy

Wants nothing more than to escape reality

Needs 'em badly, glitz, glamour and fame

Eyes set on neon lights illuminating her name

Wearing shame like an overcoat, awkward and obvious

Did porn for cash so tasteless and

Welcome to darkness, turned out the light

Got geeked out, by L.A.'s night life

Not one thing's right, everything's gone wrong

Supposed to be an actress, not dancing in a thong

Snorting coke, nines long, heroin in her arm

Touching parts of men that she lap danced on

There's no quiet to her storm, forever it roars loud

Every single day, wishing she were the child

Swearing to make the family proud, start over new

Pushing fifty, she figured she'd have her breakthrough

In L.A. things don't always work out quite like they should

Where I stay

Seems like dreams might get shattered

Cut throat world is no joke

In L.A. things don't always work out quite like they should

Where I stay

Cut throat world is no joke

We see more ups than downs in

It's gotta be more than this, big game, big risk

The bold and the beautiful, young and reckless

The Hollywood dream, heroin on Santa Fe

The rich and the poor live a few blocks away

And it's all in Los Angeles, home of the schemes

Where the rich get richer trying to sell you a dream

Young girl's self-esteem falls prey to the scene

Too often sex symbols is all she's seen

And that's all he expects, nothing more, nothing less

New car, clean shoes, gotta stay well dressed

She needs the best of the best to compete with the rest

It's on 22s, Mercedes 500 S

They say you've gone Hollywood, the saying stands true

'Cause if you live in L.A. you might lose a piece of you

Innocence isn't something to have

It can't last in a city that requires a mask

In L.A. things don't always work out quite like they should

Where I stay

Seems like dreams might get shattered

Cut throat world is no joke

In L.A. things don't always work out quite like they should

Where I stay

Cut throat world is no joke

We see more ups than downs in