Andrew Lloyd Webber feat. Original Broadway Cast Of Sunset Boulevard & Alan Campbell - Sunset Boulevard Lyrics

Lyrics Sunset Boulevard - Alan Campbell, Paul Bogaev & Orchestra



Sure I came out here to make my name
Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
Wanted my parking space at Warner's
But after a year, a one room hell
A Murphy bed, a rancid smell
Wallpaper peeling at the corners
Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard
Secretive and rich, a little scary
Sunset Boulevard, tempting boulevard
Waiting there to swallow the unwary
Dreams are not enough to win a war
Out here they're always keeping score
Beneath the tan the battle rages
Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass
Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass
We do whatever pays the wages
Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard
Getting here is only the beginning
Sunset Boulevard, jackpot boulevard
Once you've won you have to go on winning
You think I've sold out?
Dead right I've sold out!
I just keep waiting for the right offer
Comfortable quarters, regular rations
24 hour Five Star room service
And if I'm honest, I like the lady
I can't help being touched by her folly
I'm treading water, taking the money
Watching her sun set, well, I'm a writer!
L.A.'s changed a lot over the years
Since those brave gold rush pioneers
Came in their creaky covered wagons
Far as they could go end of the line
Their dreams were yours, their dreams were mine
But in those dreams were hidden dragons
Sunset Boulevard, frenzied boulevard
Swamped with every kind of false emotion
Sunset Boulevard, brutal boulevard
Just like you, we'll wind up in the ocean
She was sinking fast, I threw a rope
Now I have suits and she has hope
It seemed an elegant solution
One day this must end, it isn't real
Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal
Before tomorrow's execution
Sunset Boulevard, ruthless boulevard
Destination for the stony-hearted
Sunset Boulevard, lethal boulevard
Everyone's forgotten how they started
Here on Sunset Boulevard!



Writer(s): Amy Powers, Andrew Lloyd-webber, Don Black, Christopher James Hampton


Andrew Lloyd Webber feat. Original Broadway Cast Of Sunset Boulevard & Alan Campbell - Sunset Boulevard (Original Broadway Cast)
Album Sunset Boulevard (Original Broadway Cast)
date of release
01-01-1994

1 Overture / I Guess It Was 5 A.M.
2 Let's Have Lunch
3 Every Movie's a Circus
4 Car Chase
5 At the House on Sunset
6 Surrender
7 With One Look
8 Salome
9 The Greatest Star of All
10 Every Movie's a Circus
11 Girl Meets Boy
12 Back at the House on Sunset
13 New Ways to Dream
14 Completion of the Script
15 The Lady's Paying
16 New Year's Eve
17 The Perfect Year
18 This Time Next Year
19 New Year's Eve (Back at the House on Sunset)
20 Entr'acte
21 Sunset Boulevard
22 There's Been a Call / Journey to Paramount
23 As If We Never Said Goodbye
24 Paramount Conversations/Surrender (Reprise)
25 Girl Meets Boy (Reprise)
26 Eternal Youth Is Worth a Little Suffering
27 Who's Betty Schaefer?
28 Betty's Office at Paramount
29 Too Much in Love to Care
30 New Ways to Dream (Reprise)
31 The Phone Call
32 The Final Scene



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