Hollywood Seven
Jon English Lyrics

She came in one night from Omaha, worn out
A woman arrives in LA tired, coming from Omaha

She never could sleep on trains, took the bus to Hollywood
She took a bus to Hollywood because she couldn't sleep on trains

Lookin' for a room in the pourin' rain
The woman searched for a room in the rain

With hair so blonde and eyes so brown
The woman had blonde hair and brown eyes

She thought she'd take this town and turn it upside down
She was determined to make a big impact on Hollywood

And me-ee, I was livin' in a hotel just off Sunset
The singer lived in a hotel near Sunset Boulevard

She moved in across the hall
The woman moved into a room opposite the singer's room

And she said she'd be a movie star-are-are
The woman aspired to become a movie star

And waited every mornin' for a ca-all
She waited for a casting call every morning

So I asked her in just to have a little drink but she hardly had the time
The singer invited her for a drink, but she was always busy

A call might come tomorrow, she got to learn her li-ines
The woman was preoccupied with learning her lines for the future

On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent, till your name goes up in lights
Hollywood Seven is a place to rent rooms until one's name becomes famous

Woh-oh, Hollywood Seven, dream your dream - seven bucks a night
Hollywood Seven is a place where one can dream big for just seven dollars a night

And then the months went by without a job
The woman struggled to find work for several months

The money that she saved was nearly spent
She almost ran out of money that she had saved

So she started bringin' strangers home
She began bringing home strangers to make some money

Just tryin' to find a way to pay the rent
She struggled to pay the rent for her room

And she'd sit down and drink my coffee, got nothin' much to say-ay
She would drink his coffee and say little

Just busy rehearsin' in her mind the scene she'd never play-ay
She was busy rehearsing for the role she never got

I found her there one mornin'
The singer found her one morning

She didn't co-ome for coffee when I called
She did not answer the singer when he called her for a drink

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

There were crazy lipstick marks all over the wall
There were lipstick marks all over the wall

Now she's goin' back to Omaha but not the way she'd pla-anned
She was planning to return to Omaha, but not in the way she had planned

There'll be no crowd to cheer her on, no welcome home, no ba-and
She will not receive any celebration or welcome when she returns to Omaha

She came in one night from Syracuse, tired from sleepin' o-on the plane
The woman returns to LA, tired from sleeping on the plane from Syracuse

Took a cab to Hollywood, dreamin' of the lights, that would show her fame
She took a cab to Hollywood, dreaming of the fame and the bright lights