Takin' a dip on the sunset strip in the morning

Ain't nothing like the smell of tofu and high dollar wine

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

I find it amazing these rats I've been chasin'

Are helpin' me remember a time

When the only LA 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'

Bluesin' and winnin' and runnin'

And promises break like an egg on the hot asphalt

What the hell was I thinkin'

Drinking like I'd never get caught

These high dollar women and the fame and the fortune

Ain't worth the ticket I bought

When the only LA I knew

Was lower alabama

Back when me and hannaha

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