Grand Illusion

Jolene in a velvet dress
Bathed in the moon
California was her hideaway
Silver screen on a movie set
A girl in the night
Arizona was her fantasy

In the grand illusion
She buys it one more time
She takes the money up front
She don't wanna stand in line
Well, she found herself
And lost her mind
In the end

Lonely girl in a dust bowl town
Dreams of the stars
Oklahoma was her place to die
Jaguars on a Sunset Strip
A face in the crowd
California was her wave to ride

In the grand illusion
She buys it one more time
She takes the money up front
She don't wanna stand in line
Well, she found herself
And lost her mind
In the end

Behind the grand illusion
In the peace and the confusion
Of a life
When she sees the things that matter
In every darkness that is shattered
By a light

Chartreuse in a violet haze
Colors in a dream
Louisiana was another time
Malibu in a summer rain
A girl in the mist
California was a memory

In the grand illusion
She buys it one more time
She takes the money up front
She don't wanna stand in line
Well, she found herself
And lost her mind
In the end

In the grand illusion
She buys it one more time
She takes the money up front
She don't wanna stand in line
Well, she found herself
And lost her mind
In the end