Lyrics to
Lost In Hollywood

This version of Lost In Hollywood was released by Rainbow in 1979.

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Gotta get a message through
Cause I think I’m losing you
Am I too late
Drinking habit’s a loose sometime
I gotta know if you’re still mine
And I can’t wait
Last time I saw your face
You tried to hide the tears
But I could see the trace
I’d be there if I could
But it’s so far away from home
Lost in Hollywood

In the dark the vultures wait
I can hear them
Knocking at my gate
But I’m not here
The brew was cold
The meat is stale
In the L.A. night the sirens wail
The song you can feel
Pale stars that never shine
Scotch and the whiskey
And the Rainbow local wine
She’s done more bad than good
I gotta get away somehow
Lost in Hollywood

On the streets the sun is fine
Don’t you feel the advantage hit your mind
Feels all right oh yeah
But I’m a lover
Like a loaded gun
Chasing shadows on the run
Out in the night
I’m gonna lose control
If I been losing you
To pay for rock’n’roll
Get back I know I should
Gotta get back home to you
You don’t know what I been through
But there’s nothing I can do
Lost in Hollywood

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About Lyrics and Lost In Hollywood by Rainbow

The lyrics to Lost In Hollywood are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rainbow used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Lost In Hollywood have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rainbow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Lost In Hollywood by Rainbow. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Lost In Hollywood" means the words set to the music of Lost In Hollywood, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rainbow. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Lost In Hollywood and the lyrics to Lost In Hollywood are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rainbow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lost In Hollywood, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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