I Guess It Was 5 A.M. Lyrics > Sunset Boulevard
I Guess It Was 5 A.M. Lyrics
JOE (V.O.)
I guess it was five a.m.
A homicide had been reported
From one of those crazy mansions up on Sunset
Tomorrow every front page
Is going to lead with this story
You see an old time movie star is involved
Maybe the biggest star of all
But before you read about it
Before it gets distorted
By those Hollywood piranhas
If you wanna know the real facts
You've come to the right party
Let me take you back six months
I was at the bottom of the barrel
I'd had a contract down at Fox
But I'd fallen foul of Darryl
Now I had a date at Paramount
Along with about a thousand other writers
If it didn't come up roses
I'd be covering funerals
Back in Dayton, Ohio
I'd hidden my car three blocks away
Turned out to be a smart move.
Last Update: December, 23rd 2013
Sunset Boulevard Lyrics
- Act 1
- I Guess It Was 5 A.M.
- Let's Have Lunch
- Every Movie's A Circus
- Car Chase
- At The House On Sunset
- Surrender
- With One Look
- Salome
- The Greatest Star Of All
- Every Movie's A Circus (Reprise)
- Girl Meet Boy
- Back At The House On Sunset
- New Ways To Dream
- Completion Of The Script
- The Lady's Paying
- New Year's Eve
- The Perfect Year
- This Time Next Year
- New Year's Eve (Back At The House On Sunset)
- Act 2
- Entr'acte
- Sunset Boulevard
- There's Been A Call
- Journey To Paramount
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Paramount Conversations
- Surrender (Reprise)
- Girl Meets Boy (Reprise)
- Eternal Youth Is Worth A Little Suffering
- Who's Betty Schaefer?
- Betty's Office At Paramount
- Too Much In Love To Care
- New Ways To Dream (Reprise)
- The Phone Call
- The Final Scene
- OTHER SONGS:
- Greatest Star of All (Reprise)
- On the Road