Trouble In Tinsel Town Lyrics - Royal Crown Revue

(James Achor/Eddie Nichols/Bill Ungerman) 

Arranged by Bill Ungerman 

Dirty neon lights, the traffic's cry 

Footsteps echo on the street 

The cheap but lovely chicks 

And a sawbuck for a trick 

And she'll work for a bite to eat 

So where is all the glamour? 

Where's that lovely starlet's kiss? 

But out in T.V. land 

They dream of Tinsel Town 

But I'll tell you just what they've missed 

Hustlers roll, beat cops stroll 

The city where the night runs deep 

Seedy bars, cats in lowered cars 

That's Hollywood while you're asleep 

Well here comes the fog 

Or is that smog? 

'Cause man I can't tell anymore 

There ain't no welcome wagon around this town 

Fred and Ethel sure the hell ain't next door 

But way out in the distance 

Someone watches the late night show 

They dream of being hip on Sunset Strip 

But I'll tell you what they don't know 

Dirty neon lights, the traffic's cry 

Footsteps echo on the street 

The cheap but lovely chicks 

And a sawbuck for a trick 

And she'll work for a bite to eat 

So where is all the glamour? 

Where's that lovely starlet's kiss? 

But out in T.V. land 

They dream of Tinsel Town 

But I'll tell you just what they've missed 

Hustlers roll, beat cops stroll 

The city where the night runs deep 

Yeah seedy bars, cats in lowered cars 

That's Hollywood while you're asleep