[00:12.94]Sure I came out here to make my name
[00:15.58]Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
[00:17.66]Wanted my parking space at Warner's
[00:21.29]But after a year, a one room hell
[00:23.88]A murphy bed, a rancid smell
[00:26.01]Wallpaper peeling at the corners
[00:29.56]Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard
[00:33.92]Secretive and rich, a little scary
[00:37.75]Sunset Boulevard, tempting boulevard
[00:41.95]Waiting there to swallow the unwary
[00:45.98]Dreams are not enough to win a war
[00:48.66]Out here they're always keeping score
[00:50.66]Beneath the tan the battle rages
[00:54.25]Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass
[00:56.92]Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass
[00:59.03]We do whatever pays the wages
[01:02.46]Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard
[01:06.66]Getting there is only the beginning
[01:10.57]Sunset Boulevard, jackpot boulevard
[01:14.68]Once you've won you have to go on winning
[01:18.64]You think I've sold out?
[01:19.79]Dead right I've sold out!
[01:20.79]I've just been waiting for the right offer
[01:22.79]Comfortable quarters, regular rations
[01:24.89]24-hour Five Star room service
[01:27.65]And if I'm honest, I like the lady
[01:29.63]I can't help being touched by her folly
[01:31.72]I'm treading water, taking the money
[01:33.81]Watching her sun set
[01:35.78]Well, I'm a writer!
[01:37.84]L.A.'s changed a lot over the years
[01:40.42]Since those brave gold rush pioneers
[01:42.57]Came in their creaky covered wagons
[01:45.92]Far as they could go end of the line
[01:48.70]Their dreams were yours, their dreams were mine
[01:50.87]But in their dreams were hidden dragons
[01:54.23]Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard
[01:58.51]Swamped with every kind of false emotion
[02:02.40]Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard
[02:06.55]Just like you, we'll wind up in the ocean
[02:10.37]She was sinking fast, I threw a rope
[02:13.36]Now I have suits and she has hope
[02:15.41]It seemed an elegant solution
[02:18.64]One day this must end, it isn't real
[02:21.46]Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal
[02:23.58]Before tomorrrow's execution
[02:26.92]Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard
[02:31.11]Destination for the stony-hearted
[02:35.09]Sunset Boulevard, lethal boulevard
[02:39.36]Everyone's forgotten how they started
[02:42.87]Here on Sunset Boulevard!