By Laurel Ahlfeld
Date: 2011 Aug 15
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Hollywood's Rolling

A rowdy night in Hollywood
Again
(for the third night straight)
The neighbors are drunk
The neighbors are rolling
And you are nowhere to be found
Strange men pounding on doors
Strange girls crying on stairs
This isn't how it was supposed to be
I thought it would be better
I moved to be closer
And you
Ran away
The man who said forever
Couldn't manage to stay
So I lie in bed
Trying to block it all out
You said you'd protect me
You said you would hold me
And sort these types of things out
But Hollywood's drunk and Hollywood's rolling
And I'm sober for several months straight
I gave up my drinking
To keep us from sinking
(A lot of good that seemed to do)
But I keep myself sober
To do our love justice
Instead of avoiding
As I usually do
I feel every emotion
And I mean every emotion
And I feel better each day
I don't hide like you do