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'''Hip Hip Hooray'''

words and music by Cate Doefer and Tim Foley


(F#) (A2) (E) (B2) repeat pattern unless otherwise noted

Drivin through the desert with the top pulled down 

can’t get nothin on the radio

I hit the ground running when I left that town

over 15 hours ago

I asked her was she happy in this living hell

and heres what she said to me

“Everybody here is from somewhere else

(E) but not where they wanted to be” (resume pattern)


:Hooray for Hollywood

:the weathers always good

:don’t like it? well you should

:B) Hip Hip Hooray for Hollywood (resume pattern)


came out here back in the 80s with a great big plan

was gonna show em all somethin new

spent the first three weeks sleepin in the sand

and wearin holes in my shoes

got a job washin dishes just to make ends meet

while waiting for impending fame

spent the night with a starlet nearly once a week

or at least that’s what they claimed


:Hooray for Hollywood

:every body looks so good
 
:gonna make it knock on wood 
 
:Hip Hip Hooray for Hollywood 
 

Met her out in Venice at the end of the pier 
 
she said she was up for a ‘spot’ 
 
even though she said relationships made her weird 
 
we decided to give it a shot 
 
Came home from the callback, "Got my big break!" 
 
as I came through the door, 
 
Two bodies there in bed under the sheets, 
 
and my agent's clothes on the floor... 
 
 
:Hooray for Hollywood 
 
:Everything's misunderstood 
 
:Watch your back, they'll get you good 
 
:Hip Hip Hooray for Hollywood. 
 

Dreams of youth wither on the vine 
 
when its ninety in the shade 
 
Makin ends meet takes up all the time 
 
bright lights start to fade 
 
Years later caught a producer's eye 
 
took me home for a test 
 
two midgets in leather and a dog named Clyde 
 
and I don't wanna discuss the rest 
 

:Hooray for Hollywood 
 
:an earthquake’d do some good 
 
:I’d still go back there if I could 
 
:Hip Hip Hooray for Hollywood 
 

Music and Lyrics March 2004.

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