Becky Reyes: Music & Lyrics
Hollywood Sign
(Becky Reyes)
February 14, 2010
Music & Lyrics by Becky Reyes
Hollywood Sign was also written while I was in the Finger Lakes. I left Los Angeles in 1985 and ended up in a little cabin in western New York State.
Sittin’ on a stump with a buddy of mine Far away from the Hollywood sign Tellin’ him the difference it has made so fine Far away from the Hollywood sign Far away from the Hollywood sign I grew up east of the City of Angels Near a freeway and a railroad track Eatin’ mass production from the bakery An eighth of an acre in a housing tract A quarter million’s too much for that But I spent my summers in south AZ All my cousins and me and my family Runnin’ through the desert and a-chasin’ a dream Ask a lot of questions on my grandpa’s knee But summers would end and that dream would leave Back in the city get to work by eight The traffic report says enjoy the wait An hour for lunch at your favorite café Right next door almost every day You put in your hours and collect your pay The apples we ate had a waxy shine If the birds wouldn’t touch them then why should I? Always made sure we were locked up tight Never walked alone in the city at night Avoided the towns where the gangs would fight But I couldn’t stop thinking ‘bout another life Where the seasons change and the air is light How in the hell did I ever survive? I packed my bags and I said goodbye I left LA when I was twenty five I came to the country with a dream in my head I have a little cabin and a garden bed I pick on my flat-top and I sing with my friends I sing Hallelujah I’m alive again Hallelujah I’m alive again Sittin’ on a stump with a buddy of mine Far away from the Hollywood sign Tellin’ him the difference it has made so fine Far away from the Hollywood sign Far away from the Hollywood sign