In the middle of the side of the road
I'm a cynical baby
So your god fell in love with the war
Well he´s only your god

I'm the first male lesbian
I feel less being jaded
The gayest straight boy that you'll ever meet
And I meet everyone only not in the flesh

Easy, hopeless admiration of a Hollywood home
Easy, hopeless admiration

We're living in, we're living in a Hollywood home
We're living in, we're living in a Hollywood hole
We're living in, we're living in a Hollywood home
We're living in

In the middle of the side of the road
I'm a cynical baby
So your god fell on love with the war
Well he's only your god

Heads tied to a rolling sculpture
Limp feet proceed to hold me up
We're living in, we're living in a Hollywood home
We're living in, we're living in a Hollywood hole
Now that you've come home


Lyrics submitted by neonnangel

Hollywood Lyrics as written by Daniel Johns

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    this song is so good. its so funny yet true at the same time...one of silverchairs better b side tracks..but it is often over looked...still it is amazing i love daniel!

    RubberDuckieYAYon May 28, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    mmm love this song. daniel fawking rocks.

    neonnangelon July 11, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    Man, I love this song, and yeah, RubberDuckieYAY is right about it being one of Silverchair's better b sides. They first played this song live at Rock In Rio in January 2001, which was over a year before they released it on the Without You single. Anyways, it sounds a lot like glam rock. Also, I really can't come up with a meaning to it, so someone please enlighten me.

    MakeYourselfon August 01, 2002   Link
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    I thought it went "I'm the first male lesbian" Hmmm.... I think that part is about everyone always telling Daniel that he is very feminine.

    Music_addicton September 04, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    it is male lesbian, music addict is right, lol

    big_bad_Soco_fanon April 02, 2003   Link
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    daniel is clever in this song...

    im the first male lesbian i feel LESS BEING jaded (i feel lesbian jaded)

    i think its a great song, worthy of the album, pity dan hates it!

    dearest_helplesson June 04, 2003   Link
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    Pretty sure it's on the without you single, but the best version was in Rio, 2001.

    Juzzethon January 10, 2005   Link
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    the line: im the first male lesbian actually refers to an article that was written in a magazine when daniel and natalie were seen togather, the magazine got confused and thought daniel was a woman and wrote an article about natalie's lesbian liason etc, hence daniel is the first male lesbian, also i'm the gayest straight boy you'll ever meet for me i think daniel is refering to the time around neon ballroom when there were many rumours that he was gay. other than these two lines i think the chorus refers to how daniel has being elevated to celebrity hence the hollywood home. and Juzzeth is right RIR 2001 is the best version

    mr_mojo_risinon January 26, 2005   Link
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    I really do think that this should have made it onto Diorama, next to The Door, i love dancing around to this. I also think that Asylum should have made it, but ah well.

    Frowenon February 17, 2007   Link

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