Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars Lyrics

From the Album: Release the Stars

Why do you keep all your stars in from your studio on Melrose Avenue?
You have locked all your assets up in lifelong contracts to you.
Didn't you know that Hollywood is over?

Oh can't you see all the good that celebrity can do for those in the dark?
Yes of course I am speaking in metaphors for something more in your heart.
Didn't you know that old Hollywood is over?

So why not just release the gates and let them all come out?
Remember that without them there would be no Paramount.
No Paramount need to hold on to what isn't yours.
Release the stars.

The more that you fight, then the more they will scrutinize and realize just your size.
And believe me, you are no match for a public that has seen the whites of your eyes.
Didn't you know that old Hollywood is over?
Old Hollywood is over.

So why don't you just release the gates and let them all come out?
Remember that without them there would be no Paramount.
No Paramount need to hold on to what isn't yours.
Release the stars.
Release the stars.
Release your love.
Release the stars.
Release your love.
'Cause Hollywood is over. Why do you keep all your stars in from your studio on Melrose Avenue?


[Thanks to juliaoceanchild1 for correcting these lyrics]