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Did Hollywood Sell its Soul to the Underworld, (And Damn us All)?
"There's gold in dem thar hills,"
was there elated squeals
So ran they off to the West
to get their pound of flesh
Dug did they into the earth for it
to relinquish unto them its worth
Built they did glorious cities within
which to spend their abundant reaping
Years passed by and desires came to
Fruition
And although they had everything we
now can see their souls weeping
They sold their souls and opened the,
"Pandora's Box," and all the world can
see their twisted entrails displayed
thru the glowing box
What a great harvest their wealth has
wrought
The, "Hollywood," fires are burning now
in, "Dem thar hills," but the sounds
heard are not elated squeals
Grunts and moans of sickening, perverted
treasures within their hearts that have
multiplied w/out measure
As, "Hollywood," burns down and the, "City
of Angels," has fallen, we can see impending,
portent destiny calling
Years of decay coming upon them to the hilt,
so that dread is beginning to be the reel
that we are seeing displayed on the golden screen
There's no longer, "Gold in dem thar hills,"
Cause the worth has dwindled to nothing but
something that is surreal
Before long all that we'll know of them will be
seen in a re-run, pulled-out of the vault of
someone who wants to keep the memory of them from
back in the day when they were young and not yet
Undone
was there elated squeals
So ran they off to the West
to get their pound of flesh
Dug did they into the earth for it
to relinquish unto them its worth
Built they did glorious cities within
which to spend their abundant reaping
Years passed by and desires came to
Fruition
And although they had everything we
now can see their souls weeping
They sold their souls and opened the,
"Pandora's Box," and all the world can
see their twisted entrails displayed
thru the glowing box
What a great harvest their wealth has
wrought
The, "Hollywood," fires are burning now
in, "Dem thar hills," but the sounds
heard are not elated squeals
Grunts and moans of sickening, perverted
treasures within their hearts that have
multiplied w/out measure
As, "Hollywood," burns down and the, "City
of Angels," has fallen, we can see impending,
portent destiny calling
Years of decay coming upon them to the hilt,
so that dread is beginning to be the reel
that we are seeing displayed on the golden screen
There's no longer, "Gold in dem thar hills,"
Cause the worth has dwindled to nothing but
something that is surreal
Before long all that we'll know of them will be
seen in a re-run, pulled-out of the vault of
someone who wants to keep the memory of them from
back in the day when they were young and not yet
Undone
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