Playing The Part

Album: The Guitar Song (2010)
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  • Taking a dip on the Sunset Strip in the mornin'
    Ain't nothing like the smell of tofu and high dollar wine
    They said maybe all of them cars locking down the I-5
    Yeah I find it amazing these rats I've been chasing
    Are helping me remember a time

    When the only LA I knew was lower Alabama
    Back when me and Hannah was wishing on a southern star
    Now its so complicated, I really hate it,
    Why'd I ever want to go so far
    Taking depression pills in the Hollywood Hills
    Acting like I'm playing the part

    All this gripping and grinning, losing and winning, and running
    And promises break like an egg on the hot asphalt
    What the hell was I thinking, 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 Hannah was wishing on a southern star
    Now its so complicated, I really hate it,
    Why'd I ever want to go so far
    Taking depression pills in the Hollywood Hills
    Acting like I'm playing the part
    Taking depression pills in the Hollywood Hills
    Acting like I'm playing the part Writer/s: JAMEY JOHNSON, SHANE MINOR
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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