Hollywood Seven

She came in one night from Omaha, worn out

Cause she never could sleep on trains

She took the bus to Hollywood

Looking for a room in the pouring rain

With her hair so blonde and her eyes so brown

She thought she'd take this town and turn it upside down

Well I was living in a hotel just off Sunset

She moves in across the hall

She said she'd be a movie star

And waited every morning for the call

So I asked her in to share a drink but she hardly had the time

A call might come tomorrow, she had to learn her lines

On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent, till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven, you can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night

Well the months went by without a job

The money that she saved was nearly spent

So she started bringing strangers home

Trying to find a way to pay the rent

Well she'd sit down and drink my coffee, with nothing much to say

Just busy rehearsing in her mind the scene she'd never play

On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent, till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven, you can dream your dream for seven bucks a night

Well I found her there one morning

When she didn't come for coffee when I called

She'd gone and brought the wrong one home this time

There were crazy lipstick marks upon the wall

Now she's going back to Omaha but not the way she planned

There'll be no crowd to cheer her on, no welcome home, no band

On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent, till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven, you can dream your dream for seven bucks a night

She came in one night from Syracuse, excited from her first time on a plane

She took a cab to Hollywood, dreaming of the lights that would spell her name

So I watched her take a lease on the empty room across the hall

She’d wake up in the morning just waiting for that call

On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent, till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven, you can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night

On Hollywood Seven, dreams to rent, till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven, you can pay your dues for seven bucks a night