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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| You can | see all the stars as you | walk down Hollywood | Boulevard. |
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| Some that you recognize, | some that you've hardly even | heard of. |
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| People who worked and | suffered and struggled for | fame, |
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| Some who succeeded and | some who suffered in | vain. |
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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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| You can | see all the stars as you | walk down Hollywood | Boulevard |
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| Some that you recognize, | some that you've hardly even | heard of |
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| People who worked and | suffered and struggled for | fame |
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| Some who succeeded and | some who suffered in | vain |
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| Everybody's a | dreamer, and | everybody's a | star, |
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| 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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| You can | see all the stars as you | walk down Hollywood | Boulevard |
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| Some that you recognize, | some that you've hardly even | heard of |
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| People who worked and | suffered and struggled for | fame |
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| Some who succeeded and | some who suffered in | vain |
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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. |
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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! |