Sunset Boulevard [From Sunset Boulevard]

                                  Sure I came out here to make my name

Wanted my pool my dose of fame

Wanted my parking space at Warners

But after a year



Of one room hell

A Murphy bell

A rancid smell

Wallpaper peeling at the corners



Sunset Boulevard

Twisting boulevard

Secret of the rich

A little scary

Sunset Boulevard

Tempting boulevard

Waiting there to swallow the unwary



Dreams are not enough to win a war

Out here they're always keeping score

Beneath the tan

The battle rages

Smile a rented smile



Fill someone's glass

Kiss someone's wife

Kiss someone's ass

We do whatever pays the wages



Sunset Boulevard

Headline boulevard

Getting here is only the beginning

Sunset Boulevard

Jackpot boulevard

Once you've won, you have to go on winning



You think I've sold out

Damn right I've sold out

I've just been waiting 

For the right offer



Comfortable quarters

Regular rations

Twenty four hour

Five star room service



And if I'm honest

I like the lady

I can't help being

Touched by her folly



I'm treading water

Taking her money

Watching her sun set

Well I'm a writer



LA's changed a lot over the years

Since those brave goldrush pioneers

Came in their creaky covered wagons

Far as they could go

End of the line



Their dreams were yours

Their dreams were mine

But in those dreams

Were hidden dragons



Sunset Boulevard

Frenzied boulevard

Swamped with every kind of false emotion

Sunset Boulevard

Brutal boulevard

Just like you we'll wind up in the ocean



She was sinking fast

I threw a rope

Now I have suits

And she is hope

It seemed an elegant solution



One day this must end

It isn't real

Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal

Before tomorrow's execution



Sunset Boulevard

Ruthless boulevard

Destination for the stony hearted

Sunset Boulevard

Lethal boulevard

Everyone's forgotten how they started

Here on Sunset Boulevard