{"id":15118,"date":"2003-03-23T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-23T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/23\/lyrics-of-the-day\/"},"modified":"2003-03-23T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-23T16:21:00","slug":"lyrics-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/23\/lyrics-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&rsquo;s Lyrics Of The Day are in honor of tonight&rsquo;s 75th Academy Awards:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&ldquo;Celluloid Heroes&rdquo;<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/external-search?tag=andrewchorney&amp;keyword=kinks&amp;mode=music\" title=\"The Kinks\" target=\"_blank\">The Kinks<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000008HCE\/andrewchorney\" title=\"The Kinks, &quot;Everybody's In Show-Biz&quot;\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Everybody&rsquo;s In Show-Biz<\/i><\/a> (Ray Davies, 1972)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000008HCE\/andrewchorney\" title=\"The Kinks, &quot;Everybody's In Show-Biz&quot;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Kinks, &quot;Everybody's In Show-Biz&quot;\" src=\"covers\/kinks_everybody'sinshow-biz.jpg\" \/><\/a>Everybody&rsquo;s a dreamer and everybody&rsquo;s a star<br \/>\n<br \/>And everybody&rsquo;s in movies, it doesn&rsquo;t matter who you are<br \/>\n<br \/>There are starts in every city<br \/>\n<br \/>In every house and on every street<br \/>\n<br \/>And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard<br \/>\n<br \/>Their names are written in concrete<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard<br \/>\n<br \/>She looks so weak and fragile that&rsquo;s why she tried to be so hard<br \/>\n<br \/>But they turned her into a princess<br \/>\n<br \/>And they sat her on a throne<br \/>\n<br \/>But she turned her back on stardom<br \/>\n<br \/>Because she wanted to be alone<\/p>\n<p>You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard<br \/>\n<br \/>Some that you recognize, some that you&rsquo;ve hardly even heard of<br \/>\n<br \/>People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame<br \/>\n<br \/>Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive<br \/>\n<br \/>And he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by<br \/>\n<br \/>Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi<br \/>\n<br \/>&lsquo;Cause he&rsquo;s liable to turn and bite<br \/>\n<br \/>But stand close by Bette Davis<br \/>\n<br \/>Because hers was such a lonely life<\/p>\n<p>If you covered him with garbage<br \/>\n<br \/>George Sanders would still have style<br \/>\n<br \/>And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney<br \/>\n<br \/>He would still turn round and smile<br \/>\n<br \/>But please don&rsquo;t tread on dearest Marilyn<br \/>\n<br \/>&#8216;Cause she&rsquo;s not very tough<br \/>\n<br \/>She should have been made of iron or steel<br \/>\n<br \/>But she was only made of flesh and blood<\/p>\n<p>You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard<br \/>\n<br \/>Some that you recognize, some that you&rsquo;ve hardly even heard of<br \/>\n<br \/>People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame<br \/>\n<br \/>Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain<\/p>\n<p>Everybody&rsquo;s a dreamer and everybody&rsquo;s a star<br \/>\n<br \/>And everybody&rsquo;s in show biz, it doesn&rsquo;t matter who you are<br \/>\n<br \/>And those who are successful<br \/>\n<br \/>Be always on your guard<br \/>\n<br \/>Success walks hand in hand with failure<br \/>\n<br \/>Along Hollywood Boulevard<\/p>\n<p>I wish my life was non-stop Hollywood movie show<br \/>\n<br \/>A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes<br \/>\n<br \/>Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain<br \/>\n<br \/>And celluloid heroes never really die<\/p>\n<p>You can see all the stars as you walk along&hellip;<br \/>\n<br \/>You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard<br \/>\n<br \/>Some that you recognize, some that you&rsquo;ve hardly even heard of<br \/>\n<br \/>People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame<br \/>\n<br \/>Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain<\/p>\n<p>La la la la&hellip;.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, celluloid heroes never feel any pain<br \/>\n<br \/>Oh, celluloid heroes never really die<br \/>\n<br \/>I wish my life was non-stop Hollywood movie show<br \/>\n<br \/>A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes<br \/>\n<br \/>Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain<br \/>\n<br \/>And celluloid heroes never really die<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\">thanks to ulana for the suggestion<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/3501955-200032511?l=www.driko.org%2Findex_blogger.html\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&rsquo;s Lyrics Of The Day are in honor of tonight&rsquo;s 75th Academy Awards: &ldquo;Celluloid Heroes&rdquo; The Kinks &#8211; Everybody&rsquo;s In Show-Biz (Ray Davies, 1972) Everybody&rsquo;s a dreamer and everybody&rsquo;s a star And everybody&rsquo;s in movies, it doesn&rsquo;t matter who you are There are starts in every city In every house and on every street And &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/23\/lyrics-of-the-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lyrics Of The 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