King of the Silver Screen

By day I'm a working man

laying brick or laying 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 flashing 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 flashing 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…

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 hitting 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"