Release The Stars

Release the Stars - Rufus Wainwright

Why do you keep all your stars in

From your studio on Melrose Avenue

You have lost all your assets

Oh in life long 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 no

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