Ghost on Sunset Strip

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He told all his friends that he's gonna move out to LA Burned his bridges, all of them, yeah, he's gotta move out to Cali He's living in the sun, the stars at night under 'em Underneath the overpass at Melrose and the 101 [Chorus] And that's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes That's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes [Verse 2] So now he's living out here in Los Angeles As for his addiction, he said he could always handle it Hollywood all weekend, on Monday back downtown He thought he'd be famous, now in his madness he wallows around [Chorus] And that's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes That's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes [Bridge] It's Babylon, it's paradise, it's the promise land It's Halcyon and silicon, it's meth, cocaine, and heroin It's Starbucks, and it's all looks, and it's real life TV It's rusty scalpels and dirty needles, it's surgery city [Verse 3] Now he talks to himself, all alone out on skid row Looked around, there was no one else Is he laughing with the ghost of Marilyn Monroe? The Valley sun is shining on a smog alert hazy day The last time that I saw him he was down and out, down and out in LA [Chorus] That's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes And that's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes [Chorus] That's the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes And that's just the way it goes It's not the city of angels, it's the city of ghosts And that's just the way it goes, yeah