Joe Purdy - Faketown lyrics
[Joe Purdy - Faketown lyrics]
Billy's been driving all night
He's got a dream
Wants to live up on the big screen
And just like Jimmy Dean
He's got his jacket on
And his hair combed just right
But there's a hundred just like him
And audition night is tonight
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
On what's left of this faketown
Rosemary's driving downtown
On something that she heard
From some talent scout
She's been working all day
So she'd pay for those pictures to be
Done up in the right way
And it was such a shame
When he said that she was
Just another pretty face
He said no one ever gets nowhere
Without shaking it here or there
Honey, life ain't fair
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
On what's left of this faketown
This faketown
Well you can fix your face
You can fix your hair
You can fix your body, with this needle here
And watch them walk around
Like a pack of wolves
And they'll tell you, you ain't good enough
That it ain't your fault
They say it ain't your time
But, you just weren't cut out
For the big time
Now don't you try, to be yourself
'Cause things like that, they never sell
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
And I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
On what's left of this faketown, faketown
This faketown, this faketown
This faketown, this faketown
This faketown, this faketown
This faketown, this faketown
Dreary eyes can read and know in the dark
Each street, it's sign says faketown
And if ever his heart understood
Next stop Hollywood down by this faketown
He's drivin' his broken wheels, fallin' heels
But he kept tellin' me it'll be alright
If she calls
He's got a dream
Wants to live up on the big screen
And just like Jimmy Dean
He's got his jacket on
And his hair combed just right
But there's a hundred just like him
And audition night is tonight
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
On what's left of this faketown
Rosemary's driving downtown
On something that she heard
From some talent scout
She's been working all day
So she'd pay for those pictures to be
Done up in the right way
And it was such a shame
When he said that she was
Just another pretty face
He said no one ever gets nowhere
Without shaking it here or there
Honey, life ain't fair
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
On what's left of this faketown
This faketown
Well you can fix your face
You can fix your hair
You can fix your body, with this needle here
And watch them walk around
Like a pack of wolves
And they'll tell you, you ain't good enough
That it ain't your fault
They say it ain't your time
But, you just weren't cut out
For the big time
Now don't you try, to be yourself
'Cause things like that, they never sell
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
And I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
I wish the walls would come down
On what's left of this faketown, faketown
This faketown, this faketown
This faketown, this faketown
This faketown, this faketown
This faketown, this faketown
Dreary eyes can read and know in the dark
Each street, it's sign says faketown
And if ever his heart understood
Next stop Hollywood down by this faketown
He's drivin' his broken wheels, fallin' heels
But he kept tellin' me it'll be alright
If she calls