You gotta fight to stay alive
Where did all the good times go?
How can you win when you look at the odds?
You gotta fight to stay alive
One lousy deal is cardboard California
Nothing is real in cardboard California
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat
But like a fool you still keep hanging on music
Nobody cares if you survive
Where 's the world you used to know?
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat
Hey, you're never gonna get away
Hey, you're never gonna get away
Look around, your hopes and dreams are gone
You're running down a one way street
You lost your shot to some younger guy
Look in the mirror, mirrors don't lie
Come and drive a fancy car
Come and see what you really are
One lousy deal is cardboard California
Nobody cares if you survive
You're running down a one way street
Cold plastic people with phoney facades
Lost in a city of little tin Gods
Come and be a movie star
Just waking up brings you down
You're getting older, your time's past you by
You just can't survive in a make believe town
