I am a full fledged, grown-up adultnI'm tryin' make a dent, tryin' to get a resultnI'm hold up in a Hollywood hotel suitenTequila to drink and avocado to eatnnThey got all kinds of victories and lots of downfallsnThey got drugs in the rugs and ghosts in the wallsnStarlets in the lobby that can make a man drool nBlood on the curtains and a phone by the poolnnWell I never did see so many TV starsnAnd I never did see so many rented carsnI never did see so many desperate eyesnAnd I never did hear so many bold faced liesnnWhen I was ten years old, I was alivenAnd the Benedict Canyon down on Hutton DrivenWell now I'm right back in my old backywardnAnd I'm tryin' to get a billboard on the boulevardnI'm tryin' to get a billboard on the boulevardnnWell I never thought I'd see the age of twenty-fivenAnd it's been twenty-eight years now that I've been alivenAnd in a matter of months I will be thirty years oldnAnd the apprehension that I feel can hardly be toldnnI am a full fledged, grown-up adultnI'm tryin' make a dent, tryin' to get a resultnI'm hold up in a Hollywood hotel suitenTequila to drink and avocado to eatnTequila to drink and avocado to eat