Cardboard California Lyrics - Neil Sedaka

Nothing is real in cardboard California 

Just waking up brings you down 

One lousy deal is cardboard California 

You just can't survive in a make believe town 

Lost in a city of little tin gods 

Cold plastic people with phoney facades 

How can you win when you look at the odds 

You're running down a one way street 

Nobody cares if you survive 

Sometimes you beg or you don't eat 

You gotta fight to stay alive 

Hey, you're never gonna get away 

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Where 's the world you used to know 

Where did all the good times go 

Look around your hopes and dreams are gone 

But like a fool you still keep hanging on 

Music 

Come and be a movie star 

Come and drive a fancy car 

Come and see, what you really are 

Look in the mirror, mirrors don't lie 

You're getting older, your time's past you by 

You lost your shot to some younger guy 

You're running down a one way street 

Nobody cares if you survive 

Sometimes you beg or you don't eat 

You gotta fight to stay alive 

Hey, you're never gonna get away 

Nothing is real in cardboard California 

Just waking up brings you down 

One lousy deal is cardboard California 

You just can't survive in a make believe town