Hollywood Seven lyrics

She came in one night from Omaha

Worn out, 'cause she could never sleep on trains

Took a bus to Hollywood

Looking for a room in the pouring rain

Her hair so blonde, her eyes so brown

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

I was living in a hotel just off sunset

She moved in across the hall

She said she'd be a movie star

So she waited every morning for the call

I'd ask her in for coffee

But she hardly had the time

Her call might come tomorrow

And she had to know her lines

Hollywood Seven

Rooms to rent

Till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven

You can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night

The months went by without a job

The money that she'd saved was nearly spent

She started bringing strangers home

Had to find a way to pay the rent

Staring at the ceiling

While she'd give herself away

Just busy rehearsing in her mind

The scenes she'd never play

Hollywood Seven

Rooms to rent

Till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven

You can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night

I found her there one morning

When she didn't come for coffee when I called

She brought the wrong one home this time

There were crazy lipstick scrawls across 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

Hollywood Seven

Rooms to rent

Till your name goes up in lights

Hollywood Seven

You can dream your dreams for seven bucks a night

She came in one night from Syracuse

Excited from her first time on a plane

Took a cab to Hollywood

Dreaming of the lights that would spell her name

• Artist:Vicki Lawrence