This one came out of a conversation with one of my first music teachers
THAT’S THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
Derrek Wayne, August 2009
Jazz Ballad
Down that old road to Tinseltown,
to chance my life away on a showbiz goround,
and waste all my education on my heart’s imagination
and to learn the things I never learned in school.
HEARTACHE AND MISERY
BRIGHT LIGHTS AND FANTASY
WHAT A FANTASTIC TERRIBLE SCENE
THAT’S THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
Saved up for years to get their piece of pie
only to lost it in the blink of an eye.
But the blame is untraceable,
and their lives are erasable
from the ledgers of the macroscopic view.
CHORUS
Would you give up your luxury
only to save your naivety?
You cant see the distant mountain
that fills up Mulholland’s fountain
well I guess we know each other pretty well.
CHORUS
