The Hollywood Strangler Songtext / Lyric

I was living out in West Hollywood

when a Hollywood strangler was strangling women.

Every night there was a panel discussion on TV about the strangler,

speculations about his habits, his motives, his methods.

One thing was clear about him:

he only strangled women when they were alone, or with other women.

And the panel members would always end the show by saying:

Now for all you women, listen: don't go outside without a man.

Don't walk out to your car, don't even take the garbage out by yourself;

always go with a man.






Then, one of the eyewitnesses

identified a policeman

as one of the suspects.

The next night,

the chief of the police

was on the panel, and he said:



Now for all you women,

whatever happens,

do not stop for a police officer,

stay in your car.

If a police officer tries to stop you,

do not stop,

keep driving and under no circumstances

should you get out of your car.



For a few weeks,

half the traffic in LA was doing twice the speed limits.