"Hollywood '55" lyrics

There's a new cat in town, 5 foot 8 tall
Wrote Ms Hedda Hopper, no relation at all
Cute face, cheekbones, knows how to act
Just signed a long-term movie contract
The studio boss cast the cat real quick
As a juvenile delinquent in a teenage flick
The cat said, "yeah, that's a part I can play"
And they sent him on down to meet old Nick Ray

Nick was in bed with Natalie Wood
At the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood
With his nose in her pie when the cat came by
In his sleek new car and captured her eye
She snuck out and the two went driving around
He leaned in for the kiss and then he went down
She stopped him sharp and said "hold up hoss
Nick just, you know what, and I ain't had a wash"

His mouth flew back, he drew a sharp breath
It was the end of the innocence if he had any left
Soon they were dating but it couldn't last
For she wasn't waiting and he was miscast
There were too many ghosts in his restless bones
For the cat to be sated by fame alone
Unknowable wonders, unthinkable days
Were on the way
Unknowable wonders, unthinkable days