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.
