dirty neon lights the traffic s cry footsteps echo on the street the cheap but lovely chicks and a sawbuck for a trick and she ll work for a bite to eat so where is all the glamour where s that lovely starlet s kiss but out in t v land they dream of tinsel town but i ll tell you just what they ve missed hustlers roll beat cops stroll the city where the night runs deep seedy bars cats in lowered cars that s hollywood while you re asleep well here comes the fog or is that smog cause man i can t tell anymore there ain t no welcome wagon around this town fred and ethel sure the hell ain t next door but way out in the distance someone watches the late night show they dream of being hip on sunset strip but i ll tell you what they don t know dirty neon lights the traffic s cry footsteps echo on the street the cheap but lovely chicks and a sawbuck for a trick and she ll work for a bite to eat so where is all the glamour where s that lovely starlet s kiss but out in t v land they dream of tinsel town but i ll tell you just what they ve missed hustlers roll beat cops stroll the city where the night runs deep yeah seedy bars cats in lowered cars that s hollywood while you re asleep