The song is about a girl in Hollywood, who feels unhappy with her life (This place is as steady as I feel myself) and is becoming disillusioned in the city (hence the alternate title "Burning Out Again"). Despite her not wanting her family to know of her presence in the city (You're not supposed to know/Where your daughter is), she is still returning to the norms of her past (In my little bedroom, mama, on my knees/That's where I'm at/Down in Los Angeles), possibly as a method to cope.
The song is about a girl in Hollywood, who feels unhappy with her life (This place is as steady as I feel myself) and is becoming disillusioned in the city (hence the alternate title "Burning Out Again"). Despite her not wanting her family to know of her presence in the city (You're not supposed to know/Where your daughter is), she is still returning to the norms of her past (In my little bedroom, mama, on my knees/That's where I'm at/Down in Los Angeles), possibly as a method to cope.