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King Of the Silver Screen

This version of King Of The Silver Screen was released by Alice Cooper in 1977.

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By day I’m a workin’ man,
layin’ bricks or layin’ pipe.
I don’t stand out in a crowd;
just look like one of the guys.
Little do they know,
when I’m alone in bed at night,
I become the King of the Silver Screen.
I stare at the ceiling there;
I know where I belong.
I two step with Fred Astaire or
fighting old King Kong.
I can be any hero at all;
Zorro or Don Juan.
I know I’m the King of the Silver Screen.
Hollywood movies keep flashin’ across my mind.
I could’ve been Valentino if I was born in another time.
I might be solving a case or swinging from a tree. Share a joke with Crosby and Hope; we’re such good friends, you see.
Even dazzle the Academy with my versatility.
‘Cause I’m the King of the Silver Screen.
Hollywood movies keep flashin’ across my mind.
I could’ve been Errol Flynn
if I was born in another time.
I could’ve been a star.
I could’ve been a star.
I could’ve played that part.
But Hollywood movies keep flashin’ before my eyes.
I could’ve been Greta Garbo
if I was born in another time.
I wake the very next day
go on back to work.
I’m just a face in a crowd;
another average jerk.
And all the guys on the building site look at me flirt.
Because I’m the Queen of the Silver.
Recitation…
Yes, I’m the Queen of the Silver Screen.
I admit it to all my fellow workers.
I don’t care any more. I’m tired of closets.
I’m gonna eat my makeup for lunch today.
Just stop hittin’ me again. All right guys?
I’m going to Hollywood to be a starlet.
I know I’m 240 pounds and play center
for the Detroit Lions.
I don’t care any more.
I like makeup and dresses and Hollywood.
I’ll make somebody a great little wife.
“Frankly, Scarlet, I don’t give a damn.”

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About Lyrics and King Of The Silver Screen by Alice Cooper

The lyrics for King Of The Silver Screen are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Alice Cooper. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to King Of The Silver Screen have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for King Of The Silver Screen - Alice Cooper and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to King Of The Silver Screen by Alice Cooper in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to King Of The Silver Screen" means the words set to the music of King Of The Silver Screen, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to King Of The Silver Screen and the lyrics to King Of The Silver Screen are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to King Of The Silver Screen, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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