Sweet life livin' Pools and swimming Drinks in bars and Boys in cars and Rooftop sinning Skinny dipping Shooting stars With fat cigars even And that weekend up in the islands They stop and stare Flashes filling the silence Of a Hollywood love affair Waking up in the islands 'Cause I saw you there Lost and trying to be I was just trying to be cool I was just trying to be like you I'm a spark and you're a boom What am I supposed to do? Mansion debut Love it, do you? Absent father Pays his daughter And her mama withdrew From the life they once knew She had a heart But she sold it off for And that weekend up in the islands They stop and stare Flashes filling the silence Of a Hollywood love affair Waking up in the islands 'Cause I saw you there Lost and trying to be I was just trying to be cool I was just trying to be like you I'm a spark and you're a boom What am I supposed to do? When I've got that cigarette smoke And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right I drink but I choke I love but I don't I was just trying to be cool I was just trying to be like you I was just trying to be cool I was just trying to be like you I'm a spark and you're a boom What am I supposed to do? When I've got that cigarette smoke And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right I drink but I choke I love but I don't I was just trying to be cool I was just trying to be like you