Sunset Boulevard - Michael Ball

[00:18.62]Sure, I came out here
[00:20.62]To make my name
[00:21.81]Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
[00:23.68]Wanted my parking space at warners.
[00:27.43]But, after a year
[00:28.86]A one-room hell
[00:30.04]A murphy bed
[00:31.04]A rancid smell
[00:32.54]Wallpaper peeling at the corners
[00:35.91]Sunset boulevard
[00:38.16]Twisting boulevard
[00:40.22]Secretive and rich, a little scary.
[00:44.34]Sunset boulevard
[00:46.40]Tempting boulevard
[00:48.46]Waiting there to swallow the unwary.
[00:52.64]Dreams are not enough
[00:54.00]To win a war
[00:55.18]Out here they’re always keeping score
[00:57.48]Beneath the tan, the battle rages.
[01:00.98]Smile a rented smile
[01:02.61]Fill someone’s glass
[01:03.85]Kiss someone’s wife
[01:04.79]Kiss someone’s ass
[01:05.79]We do whatever pays the wages.
[01:09.53]Sunset boulevard
[01:11.72]Headline boulevard
[01:13.71]Getting here is only the beginning.
[01:17.64]Sunset boulevard
[01:19.64]Jackpot boulevard
[01:22.14]Once you’ve won you have to go on winning.
[01:24.44]
[01:26.25]You think I’ve sold out?
[01:27.37]Damn right I’ve sold out.
[01:28.31]I just been waiting
[01:29.06]For the right offer:
[01:30.12]Comfortable quarters,
[01:30.55]Regular rations,
[01:31.55]
[01:32.14]24-hour five-star room service.
[01:34.70]
[01:35.47]And if I’m honest
[01:36.41]I like the lady
[01:37.41]I can’t help being
[01:38.34]Touched by her folly.
[01:39.09]I’m treading water,
[01:40.58]Taking her money,
[01:41.46]Watching her sunset...
[01:42.46]
[01:43.90]Well, I’m a writer.
[01:45.71]L.A's changed a lot
[01:47.15]Over the years
[01:47.96]Since those brave gold rush pioneers
[01:50.02]Came in their creaky covered wagons.
[01:53.82]Far as they could go
[01:55.32]End of the line,
[01:56.32]Their dreams were yours
[01:57.44]Their dreams were mine
[01:58.38]
[01:59.07]But in those dreams
[02:00.00]Were hidden dragons.
[02:00.50]
[02:02.29]Sunset boulevard
[02:04.28]Frenzied boulevard
[02:06.71]Swamped with every kind of false emotion.
[02:10.33]Sunset boulevard
[02:12.39]Brutal boulevard
[02:14.76]Just like you, we’ll wind up in the ocean.
[02:18.63]She was sinking fast
[02:20.19]I threw a rope
[02:21.07]Now I have suites
[02:22.19]And she has hope
[02:23.06]It seemed an elegant solution.
[02:26.81]One day this must end,
[02:28.30]It isn't real
[02:29.30]Still I’ll enjoy
[02:30.30]A hearty meal
[02:31.43]Before tomorrow’s execution.
[02:35.26]Sunset boulevard
[02:37.19]Ruthless boulevard
[02:39.50]Destination for the stony-hearted.
[02:43.18]Sunset boulevard
[02:45.18]Lethal boulevard
[02:47.67]Everyone’s forgotten how they started
[02:51.11]Here on sunset boulevard!