Hollywood Potters

(Dolly Parton)



Mother's hold on to your sons and you daughters

Should Hollywood claim them, you'll hold then no more

Cause they'll become claimed to the Hollywood potters

And there's no escape once they walk through that door.



Chorus:

Hollywood, Hollywood dungeon of drama

Center of sorrow, city of schemes

Hollywood, Hollywood terrace of trauma

Palace of promises, dealer in dreams.



Some, may go hungry and some go insane

Some go to the bottle and some to the vains

Some become users and some become used

And some even make it, but most never do.



Chorus:

Hollywood, Hollywood dungeon of drama

Center of sorrow, city of schemes

Hollywood, Hollywood terrace of trauma

Palace of promises, dealer in dreams.



You spin them around like a merry-go-round

You mold them and shape them and then throw them down

All of your glitter and all of your gold

Is that what you give in exchange for a soul.



'Cause they sell their soles for the likes of you

While you chew up and spit out what you cannot use.



So mother's hold on to your sons and you daughters

Should Hollywood claim them, you'll hold then no more

Cause they'll become claimed to the Hollywood potters

And there's no escape once they walk through that door...