Lyric Somewhere in Hollywood

10CC - Somewhere in Hollywood

Down on the casting couch
A star is gonna be born
A star with the stature of a Harlow
Who s doomed
And groomed to enrapture
All her co-stars, and stuntmen, the co-stars
Oh, let there be lights, action, sound
Lights, action, sound - Roll em!

Out in the mezzanine
On the arm of a dumb marine
Her beauty looks out like a trailer
Norman Mailer
Waits to nail her
He s under the bed
And he s waiting for her to be dead
He s out on the patio
With his polaroid and scenario
And he s armed and he s dangerously....

Close was the weather
When I was a kid
She gave me a feather from her gown
To cool me down, to cool me down
And I was the galley slave
Who lost his heart when the ship went down

Lights, action, sound
Roll em

I had a part in the talkies
When you were a little girl
I ve taken Lassie for walkies
When she was the pup that Vaudeville threw up
And destiny lead her
Hand in paw to somewhere
In Hollywood

That s crazy, a dog up in Beverly Hills
Crazy, crazy

La, la, la, la, la.... (You better lie low)