Nights fall hard on Hollywood
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The stars don't come out like they should
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Up above the world so high tonight
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They can't outshine the neon lights
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Now the golden days are gone for good
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In Esmeralda's Hollywood
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She comes out when the sun is gone
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But she don't have to walk alone
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Cause once the darkness takes this town
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She ain't the only ghost around
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Waitin' by the public phone
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If it don't ring she heads back home
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Esmeralda, Esmeralda girl, what are you waitin' for
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Esmeralda, Esmeralda, can't hang around this place no more
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Searchlights rip the L.A. sky
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When you look in Esmeralda's eyes
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The people come from miles around
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To see the kings and queens they crowned
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Behind the barricades they stood
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In Esmeralda's Hollywood
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Aw, wait until the sun goes down
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Listen for the lonely sound
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Esmeralda's hanging round
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No one shed a tear that day
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When Esmeralda passed away
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All up and down the strip they say
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It was just like any other day
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The evil struggled with the good
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Down in Esmeralda's Hollywood
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Esmeralda's Hollywood
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| Steve Earle |
