Kinks - Celluloid Heroes lyrics

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,<br>And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.<br>There are stars in every city,<br>In every house and on every street,<br>And if you walk down hollywood boulevard<br>Their names are written in concrete!<br><br>Don't step on greta garbo as you walk down the boulevard,<br>She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard<br>But they turned her into a princess<br>And they sat her on a throne,<br>But she turned her back on stardom,<br>Because she wanted to be alone.<br><br>You can see all the stars as you walk down hollywood boulevard,<br>Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,<br>People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,<br>Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.<br>Rudolph valentino, looks very much alive,<br>And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by.<br>Avoid stepping on bela lugosi<br>'cos he's liable to turn and bite,<br>But stand close by bette davis<br>Because hers was such a lonely life.<br>If you covered him with garbage,<br>George sanders would still have style,<br>And if you stamped on mickey rooney<br>He would still turn round and smile,<br>But please don't tread on dearest marilyn<br>'cos she's not very tough,<br>She should have been made of iron or steel,<br>But she was only made of flesh and blood.<br><br>You can see all the stars as you walk down hollywood boulevard,<br>Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.<br>People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,<br>Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.<br><br>Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star<br>And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.<br><br>And those who are successful,<br>Be always on your guard,<br>Success walks hand in hand with failure<br>Along hollywood boulevard.<br><br>I wish my life was a non-stop hollywood movie show,<br>A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,<br>Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain<br>And celluloid heroes never really die.<br><br>You can see all the stars as you walk along hollywood boulevard,<br>Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,<br>People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,<br>Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.<br><br>Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain<br>Oh celluloid heroes never really die.<br><br>I wish my life was a non-stop hollywood movie show,<br>A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,<br>Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain<br>And celluloid heroes never really die.