Story Behind The Song
Written to catch the Smashmouth wave...
Song Description
It is about the fake life of Hollywood and the lack of reality therein.
| Song Length |
3:25 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Jovial |
Subject |
Change |
| Similar Artists |
Smash Mouth |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
Bauman, Riggan, Thomas
© 1999 Cal IV Entertainment
Tonight I?m choking on the small talk
The room is thick with stars and desperate wannabes
They come to network, or to just gawk
At everybody else?s recent surgery
And all these prom queens and James Deans talkin? ?bout themselves
Got me wishing we were someplace else
Anywhere but here
Anywhere but here
You know I?m ready to go, as soon as the coast is finally clear
Room full of anorexic Barbies
Prepared to turn and smile for the photograph
Actors with cell phones crash the party
So deadly serious it makes me wanna laugh
902-whatever part they played
Would they notice if we slipped away
To anywhere but here
Anywhere but here
You know I?m ready to go, as soon as the coast is finally clear
Anywhere but here
Anywhere but here
We?ll leave ?em all behind, wave goodbye and disappear
Anywhere but here
Jump in the Porsche, put the top down
Pull down our shades so we?re the stars nobody knows
Run all the red lights in a small town
I think its time to see how fast this baby goes
To anywhere but here
Anywhere but here
You know I?m ready to go, as soon as the coast is finally clear
Anywhere but here
Anywhere but here
We?ll leave ?em all behind, wave goodbye and disappear
Anywhere but here
(Sound FX ? tinkling glass, crowd murmur?)
?So I say to Calista, I go: ?are you going to eat that??, and she?s all . . .?
(cell phone rings) ?Got it! It?s mine!?
?Well, after that I had this guest spot on Melrose . . .?
GIRL 1: ?Do you SEE what she?s wearing?? GIRL 2:?That is SO last week.?
?Here have a bite, I think it?s lobster . . .?
?Hey, babe ? LOVE your new thing. Listen ? call me, okay??