90210

Songwriter - Tim Hildebrandt
Publisher - Joanne L Martin Music BMI

Daddy left town on a midnight train
Momma died in a two week rain
The muddy Mississippi swallowed her one day
So I took a job, lied about my age
On the graveyard shift for minimum wage
The daytime TV lets me slip away, I go to

Hollywood where the weather’s fine and the tips are good
Sunset Strip I can’t take another day on this graveyard shift
West coast blues the Mississippi mud still caked to my shoes
When I go you can send my mail to 90210

Now I believe what I see on the magic tube
Except the weather and the evening news
No need for reality today
I’m gonna save my money, gonna buy a car
Head west and be a movie star
Lie around in luxury all day

Now the paychecks come and the paychecks go
You can’t make no money down in Tupelo
On that minimum factory pay
But when I come home so tired and sore
I flick the switch and dream some more
That daytime TV lets me slip away