[00:15.32]Sure I came out here to make my name
[00:18.44]Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
[00:20.08]Wanted my parking space at Warner's
[00:23.65]But after a year, a one room hell
[00:26.11]A murphy bed, a rancid smell
[00:28.17]Wallpaper peeling at the corners
[00:31.43]Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard
[00:35.58]Secretive and rich, a little scary
[00:39.61]Sunset Boulevard, tempting boulevard
[00:43.56]Waiting there to swallow the unwary
[00:47.45]Dreams are not enough to win a war
[00:49.87]Out here they're always keeping score
[00:52.00]Beneath the tan the battle rages
[00:55.25]Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass
[00:57.77]Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass
[00:59.77]We do whatever pays the wages
[01:02.79]Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard
[01:07.35]Getting there is only the beginning
[01:11.10]Sunset Boulevard, jackpot boulevard
[01:15.49]Once you've won you have to go on winning
[01:19.27]You think I've sold out?
[01:20.86]Dead right I've sold out!
[01:21.79]I've just been waiting for the right offer
[01:23.82]Comfortable quarters, regular rations
[01:25.81]24-hour Five Star room service
[01:28.90]And if I'm honest, I like the lady
[01:30.53]I can't help being touched by her folly
[01:32.54]I'm treading water, taking the money
[01:34.47]Watching her sun set
[01:36.53]Well, I'm a writer!
[01:38.43]L.A.'s changed a lot over the years
[01:40.46]Since those brave gold rush pioneers
[01:42.42]Came in their creaky covered wagons
[01:45.53]Far as they could go end of the line
[01:48.17]Their dreams were yours, their dreams were mine
[01:50.13]But in their dreams were hidden dragons
[01:53.31]Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard
[01:57.36]Swamped with every kind of false emotion
[02:01.36]Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard
[02:05.53]Just like you, we'll wind up in the ocean
[02:09.42]She was sinking fast, I threw a rope
[02:11.82]Now I have suits and she has hope
[02:13.84]It seemed an elegant solution
[02:17.06]One day this must end, it isn't real
[02:19.48]Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal
[02:21.43]Before tomorrrow's execution
[02:24.91]Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard
[02:29.17]Destination for the stony-hearted
[02:32.97]Sunset Boulevard, lethal boulevard
[02:37.37]Everyone's forgotten how they started
[02:41.35]Here on Sunset Boulevard!