Story Behind The Song
Inspired by a laid-back melody conjuring up beautiful Californian evenings and images of sophisticated film stars enjoying the lifestyle.
Song Description
The dream is broken by the reality of her situation as she steps out of the theatre. But the dream will live on as she recalls these images in her day to day life working in a factory.
| Song Length |
4:20 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Latin - General |
| Tempo |
Floating |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Moving |
Subject |
Other, Movies |
| Similar Artists |
The Carpenters |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
KINGS AND QUEENS OF SUNSET BOULEVARD Copyright David Hume
When the Hollywood night meets the Hollywood day as the sun goes down
And the boulevard fills with the chill of the evening that's come around
In my eyes I can see all the sun-kissed Americans strolling by
And my body can feel every tease of the breeze of the starlit night
And the black and the white and the yellow and reds of the people there
Seem to blend with the neon that stretches both sides of the thoroughfare
The scene is a dream that I share with the bulk of humanity
As we watch paradise from the cinema seats of reality
CHORUS: Oh we believed everyone we'd meet
They would flash us a smile, disarm us with style in their way
Oh we would linger on easy street
Then we'd go for a ride in the cool of the night
Dream we were movie stars
Kings and Queens of Sunset Boulevard
Then the lights would come up and the curtain would close on the fantasy
And we'd shuffle outside to be met with our own actuality
But somewhere inside we would hide little pieces of make-believe
And we'd put them together right there on the floors of the factory