Joshua West - Hello L.A.

from Round 19, Week 7 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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He grew up in a small town in Caroline
His family never had much to spare
A two-room shack out by the county line
He couldn’t wait to leave there

He packed his bags and he gassed his car
Sold his things to the local pawn
He only held onto his clothes and his guitar
And he hit the road at the break of dawn

Goodbye Caroline
I don’t miss what I left behind
Hello LA
I’m looking for a good time

He drove until his eyes couldn’t see the lines
Slept in his car behind a truck stop
Told himself he'd make it, a thousand times
He’d keep on going ’til he reached the top

He drove down Sunset and the streets of lust
Saw the signs that times were hard
And the lights they sparkled like diamond dust
Driving down the boulevard

Hello LA
What you got in store for me
Hello LA
Welcome to the dream factory

As he left all that he knew
In his rearview
All he had loved before
The lights came into view
It was all so new
It was an open door
To the stars

He fell in with a band who had some songs
But they never saw the charts
They were all feeling right, but they were wrong
They weren’t stars but they played the part

But still he chased the dream, as it flew
It hung just outside of reach
When you play the game, it plays you too
There are some lessons you cannot teach

Hello LA
What you got in store for me
Hello LA
Welcome to the machinery

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from Round 19, Week 7, released July 30, 2018

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