sure, i came out here to make my name,
want-ed my pool, my dose of fame,
want-ed my park-ing space at war-ners.
but af-the a year, a one room hell, a mur-phy bed,
a ran-cid smell, wal-pa per peel-ing at the cor-ners.
sun-set bou-le-vard, twist-ing bou-le -vard,
se-cre-tive and rich, a lit-tle sca-ry.
sun-set bou-le-vard, tempt-ing bou-le-vard,
wait-ing there to swal-low the un-wa-ry.
Dreams are not e-nough to win a war,
out here they're al- ways keep-ing
score, be-neath the tan the bat-tle ta-ges.
smile a rent-ed smile, fill some-one's glass,
kiss some-one's wife, kiss some-one's ass,
we do what-ev-er pays the wa-gas.
sun-set bou-le -vard, head-line bou- le -vard,
get-thing here is on-ly the be-gn-ning.
sun-set bou-le-vard, jack-pot bou-le-vard,
once you're won you have to go in win-ning.
you think i've sold out? dead right, i've sold, i've just
been wait-ting for the right of-fer, comf-'ta-ble quart-ers,
re-gu-lar ra-tions, twen-ty-four hour-
five star room ser-vice
And if i'm ho-nest i like the la-dy.
i can't help be-ing touched by her fol-ly.
I'm tread-ing wa-er, tak- ing the mo-ney,
watch-ing her sun-set. well, I'm a wri-ter.
L. A.'s changed a lot ov-er the years
since those brave gold- rush pi-on-eers
came in their crea-ky co-vered wa-gons.
Far as they could go, end or the line,
their dream were yours, their dreams were mine,
but in those dreams were hid-den dra-gons.
Sun-set Bou-le-vard, fren-zed bou-le-vard,
swamped with ev-'ry kind of false e-mo-tion.
sun-set bou-le-vard, brn-tal bou-levard,
just like you we'll wind up in the o-cean.
she was sink-ing fast, i threw a rope,
now i have suit and she has hore,
it seemed an e-le-gant so-lu- tio.
one bay this must end, it is-'t real, stil i'll en-joy
hear-ty meal be-fore to-mor-row's ex-x-cu-tion.
Sun-set Bou-le-vard, ruth-les bou-le-vard,
des-ti-na-tion for the sto-ry heart-ed.
sun-set bou-le vard, le-thal bou-le-vard,
ev-'re-one's fr-got-ten how they start-ed
here on sun-set bou-le vard.