Sunset Boulevard

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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

[Verse 2]
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Dreams are not enough to win a war
Out here they're always keeping 
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score
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Beneath the tan  the battle rages
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Smile a rented smile, fill 
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someone's glass
Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's 
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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 
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winning

[Bridge]
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You think I've sold out?    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... Well, I'm
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 a writer!

[Verse 3]
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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 
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line
Their dreams were yours, their 
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dreams were mine
But in those dreams were hidden 
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dragons

[Chorus]
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Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard
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Swamped with every kind of false 
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emotion
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Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard
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Just like you, we'll wind up in 
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the ocean

[Verse 4]
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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 
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started
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Here on Sunset Boulevard...!