The sun fell down an hour agonBut I still hike these foot worn hillsnThe letters above spell Hollywood nWelcome to my great escapennThe sun fell down an hour agonBut I still walk these foot torn hills nThe letters above spell HollywoodnAnd though the irony’s lost on menThe stars don’t shine much herenThrough the blanket of smognStill there’s more than I can countnAnd it makes me feel so smallnTo be so far away from themnBecause no matter what I donI can never touch these starsnI can never touch these starsnI can never touch these starsnnI scan the sky for Alpha CentaurinThe closest star to oursnWhose light travels five years to get herenFor all I know it may have died out by nownBut I see it with my own eyesnA memory of what it used to benAnd so I remember younAs you were when you were most alivenYou shine on me from heavennAs real as these stars abovenThat I can never touch againnI can never touch againnI can never touch againnnNever touch these starsnNever touch these starsnAgain