Lyrics to Somewhere In Hollywood

This version of Somewhere In Hollywood was released by 10Cc in 1974.

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Down on the casting couch
A star is gonna be born
A star with the stature of a Harlow
Who’s doomed
And groomed to enrapture
All her co-stars, and stuntmen, the co-stars
Oh, let there be lights, action, sound
Lights, action, sound – Roll ’em!

Out in the mezzanine
On the arm of a dumb marine
Her beauty looks out like a trailer
Norman Mailer
Waits to nail her
He’s under the bed
And he’s waiting for her to be dead
He’s out on the patio
With his polaroid and scenario
And he’s armed and he’s dangerously….

Close was the weather
When I was a kid
She gave me a feather from her gown
To cool me down, to cool me down
And I was the galley slave
Who lost his heart when the ship went down

Lights, action, sound
Roll ’em

I had a part in the talkies
When you were a little girl
I’ve taken Lassie for walkies
When she was the pup that Vaudeville threw up
And destiny lead her
Hand in paw to somewhere
In Hollywood

That’s crazy, a dog up in Beverly Hills
Crazy, crazy

La, la, la, la, la…. (You better lie low)

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About Lyrics and Somewhere In Hollywood by 10Cc

The lyrics to Somewhere In Hollywood are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that 10Cc used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Somewhere In Hollywood have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only 10Cc and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Somewhere In Hollywood by 10Cc. 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 Somewhere In Hollywood" means the words set to the music of Somewhere In Hollywood, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. 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 Somewhere In Hollywood and the lyrics to Somewhere In Hollywood are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Somewhere In Hollywood, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.