Release The Stars - Rufus Wainwright

Why do you keep all your stars in

From your studio on Melrose Avenue

You have locked all your assets up

In lifelong contracts to you

Didn’t you know

That old Hollywood is over

Oh can’t you see all the good that

Celebrity can do for those in the dark

Yes of course I am speaking in

Metaphors for something more in your heart

Didn’t you know

That old Hollywood is over

So why not just release the gates and let them all come out

Remember that without them there would be no Paramount

No paramount need to hold on to what isn’t yours

Release the stars

The more that you fight then the more

They will scrutinize and realize just your size

And believe me you are no match

For the public that has seen the whites of your eyes

Didn’t you know

That old Hollywood is over

Old Hollywood is over

So why not just release the gates and let them all come out

Remember that without them there would be no Paramount

No paramount need to hold on to what isn’t yours

Release the stars

Release the stars

Release your love

Release the stars

Release your love

'Cause Hollywood is over

Why do you keep all your stars in

From your studio on Melrose Avenue