They've got the luxury money can buy They're living like kings and queens The whole world is crying whenever they cry They smile when they smile it seems What's left of all that glamour and glory You find behind the doors in Hollywood Living like a movie star Tell me how they really are Prisoners of war Until their final curtains fall Living like a movie star I don't think I'd go too far If I say they're lonely after all Too much of everything, too much to choose They finally lose control Crime and insanity, scandal and booze They die before getting old What's left of all that glamour and glory You find behind the doors in Hollywood Living like a movie star Tell me how they really are Prisoners of war Until their final curtains fall Living like a movie star I don't think I'd go too far If I say they're lonely after all Living like a movie star Tell me how they really are Prisoners of war Until their final curtains fall