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Sure I came out here to make my name |
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Wanted my pool, my dose of fame |
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Wanted my parking space at Warner's |
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But after a year, a one room hell |
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A murphy bed, a rancid smell |
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Wallpaper peeling at the corners |
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Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard |
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Secretive and rich, a little scary |
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Sunset Boulevard, tempting boulevard |
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Waiting there to swallow the unwary |
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Dreams are not enough to win a war |
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Out here they're always keeping score |
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Beneath the tan the battle rages |
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Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass |
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Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass |
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We do whatever pays the wages |
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Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard |
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Getting there is only the beginning |
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Sunset Boulevard, jackpot boulevard |
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Once you've won you have to go on winning |
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You think I've sold out? |
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Dead right I've sold out! |
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I've just been waiting for the right offer |
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Comfortable quarters, regular rations |
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24-hour Five Star room service |
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And if I'm honest, I like the lady |
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I can't help being touched by her folly |
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I'm treading water, taking the money |
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Watching her sun set |
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Well, I'm a writer! |
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L.A.'s changed a lot over the years |
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Since those brave gold rush pioneers |
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Came in their creaky covered wagons |
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Far as they could go end of the line |
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Their dreams were yours, their dreams were mine |
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But in their dreams were hidden dragons |
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Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard |
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Swamped with every kind of false emotion |
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Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard |
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Just like you, we'll wind up in the ocean |
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She was sinking fast, I threw a rope |
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Now I have suits and she has hope |
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It seemed an elegant solution |
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One day this must end, it isn't real |
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Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal |
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Before tomorrrow's execution |
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Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard |
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Destination for the stony-hearted |
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Sunset Boulevard, lethal boulevard |
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Everyone's forgotten how they started |
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Here on Sunset Boulevard! |