Celluloid Heroes

Raymond Douglas Davies / The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)

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	Everybody's a	dreamer, and	everybody's a	star,

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And	everybody's in	movies, it doesn't	matter who you	are!

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There are	stars in every	city - In ev'ry	house and on ev'ry	street,

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And if you	walk down Hollywood	Boulevard - Their names are	written in con	crete.

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Don't	step on Greta	Garbo as you	walk down the Boule	vard;

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She	looks so weak and	fragile that's why she	tried to be so	hard.

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But they	turned her into a	princess - And they	sat her on a	throne.

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But she	turned her back on	stardom - Because she	wanted to be a	lone.

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	Rudolph Valen	tino looks	very much a	live,

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And he	looks up ladies	dresses as they	sadly pass him	by.

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Avoid	stepping on Bela	Lugosi - 'Cause he's	liable to turn and	bite!

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But stand	close by Bette	Davis - Because	hers was such a lonely	life.

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If you	covered him with	garbage George	Sanders would still have	style,

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And if you	stamped on Mickey	Rooney He would	still turn round and	smile.

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But please don't	tread on dearest	Marilyn - 'Cause	she's not very	tough.

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She	should have been made of	iron or steel - But she was	only made of flesh and	blood.

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	Everybody's a	dreamer, and	everybody's a	star,

	F#m	Bm	G	A
And	everybody's in	show biz, it doesn't	matter who you	are!

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And those who	are success	ful - Be	always on your	guard,

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Suc	cess walks hand in	hand with failure - Along	Hollywood Boule	vard.

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I	wish my life was	non-stop Hollywood	movie show.

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A	fantasy world of	celluloid villains and he	roes.

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Because	celluloid heroes	never feel any	pain,

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And	celluloid heroes	never really	die!

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	La la	la la la - la la	la la la - la la	la la la

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Oh,	celluloid heroes	never feel any	pain - Oh,	celluloid heroes	never really	die.

	C	G	D
I	wish my life was	non-stop Hollywood	movie show.

	C	G	D
A	fantasy world of	celluloid villains and he	roes.

	C	G	D
Because	celluloid heroes	never feel any	pain,

	C	G	D
And	celluloid heroes	never really	die!