Sunset Boulevard - Classical Artists

Sure I came out here

To make my name

Wanted my pool

My dose of fame

Wanted my parking

Space at Warner's

But after a year

A one-room hell

A Murphy bed

A rancid smell

Wallpaper peeling at the corners

Sunset Boulevard

Twisting boulevard

Secretive and 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

Dead right I've sold out

I've just been waiting

For the right offer

Comfortable quarters

Regular rations

24-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 trading water

Taking her money

Watching her sunset

Well I'm a writer

L A '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 has 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 stonyhearted

Sunset Boulevard

Lethal boulevard

Everyone's forgotten how they started

Here on Sunset Boulevard