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[00:18.14]Sure, I came out here
[00:19.12]To make my name
[00:21.12]Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
[00:23.18]Wanted my parking space at Warners'.
[00:26.17]But, after a year
[00:28.24]A one-room hell
[00:29.26]A murphy bed
[00:30.85]A rancid smell
[00:31.84]Wallpaper peeling at the corners
[00:34.80]Sunset Boulevard
[00:37.87]Twisting boulevard
[00:38.82]Secretive and rich, a little scary.
[00:43.97]Sunset Boulevard
[00:45.93]Tempting boulevard
[00:47.98]Waiting there to swallow the unwary.
[00:51.91]Dreams are not enough
[00:53.94]To win a war
[00:56.02]Out here they're always keeping score
[00:57.01]Beneath the tan, the battle rages.
[01:00.06]Smile a rented smile
[01:02.06]Fill someone's glass
[01:03.05]Kiss someone's wife
[01:05.01]Kiss someone's ass
[01:06.07]We do whatever pays the wages.
[01:10.32]Sunset boulevard
[01:11.40]Headline boulevard
[01:12.13]Getting here is only the beginning.
[01:17.22]Sunset boulevard
[01:19.27]Jackpot boulevard
[01:21.30]Once you've won you have to go on winning.
[01:24.20]You think I've sold out?
[01:26.21]Dead right I've sold out.
[01:27.22]I just keep waiting
[01:28.32]For the right offer:
[01:29.30]Comfortable quarters,
[01:30.39]Regular Rations,
[01:31.36]24-hour five-star room service.
[01:33.36]And if I'm honest
[01:35.34]I like the lady
[01:37.21]I can't help being
[01:39.37]Touched by her folly.
[01:40.41]I'm treading water,
[01:41.42]Taking her money,
[01:42.44]Watching her sunset...
[01:43.44]Well, I'm a writer.
[01:45.41]L.A.'s changed a lot
[01:46.45]Over the years
[01:47.48]Since those brave gold rush pioneers
[01:49.43]Came in their creaky covered wagons.
[01:52.46]Far as they could go
[01:54.45]End of the line,
[01:55.59]Their dreams were yours
[01:56.52]Their dreams were mine
[01:57.56]But in those dreams
[01:59.47]Were hidden dragons.
[02:01.35]Sunset Boulevard
[02:03.36]Frenzied boulevard
[02:05.30]Swamped with every kind of false emotion.
[02:09.47]Sunset Boulevard
[02:12.33]Brutal boulevard
[02:14.40]Just like you, we'll wind up in the ocean.
[02:18.47]She was sinking fast
[02:19.45]I threw a rope
[02:20.43]Now I have suites
[02:21.40]And she has hope
[02:22.46]It seemed an elegant solution.
[02:26.51]One day this must end,
[02:27.57]It isn't real
[02:28.51]Still I'll enjoy
[02:29.56]A hearty meal
[02:30.58]Before tomorrow's execution.
[02:34.59]Sunset Boulevard
[02:36.67]Ruthless boulevard
[02:38.60]Destination for the stony-hearted.
[02:42.63]Sunset Boulevard
[02:45.51]Lethal boulevard
[02:48.61]Everyone's forgotten how they started
[02:51.78]Here on Sunset Boulevard!
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