Lulu

[Verse 1] They said that Hollywood was Never gonna be the same without you Still, you’re gone [Verse 2] How could we forget that face And all that silver, flickering grace That died with the silent age? When everybody knew your name; They all knew your name [Verse 3] Born wild like a prairie flower She was sown by the wind and blown for miles Kansas couldn’t keep the child Hell-bound for the Great White Way For the tawdry-bawdy burlesque stage And Wichita was miles and miles away [Verse 4] Everybody knew your name Everybody knew your name They knew your name [Verse 5] So you burned the candle Burned it at both ends So love ends in scandal You burned it brief; you burned it bright And the light in your immortal eyes Is the light that will never die [Verse 6] Christened in straight-up gin Pandora was born in Weimar Berlin And that was the rise before the fall! [Verse 7] Everybody sat in the dark, dark, black as night Everybody wanted to go where the light was so bright And your shining face was gonna lead the way [Verse 8] Homecoming like a heroine-bride But the honeymoon was over before you arrived And now they all cursed your name Everybody cursed your name [Verse 9] Cold winds of Gotham howled And the princess pawned her celluloid crown In the glass castle walls Where nobody knew your name Nobody knew your name