In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star) – English Lyrics

• By: Village People
• Album: San Francisco Macho Man

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(=Chorus), [=Chorus & singer], 4: 55-Version

[Take a bus, a train or a plane to Hollywood]

[Go there and then change your name]

[You dye your hair out there, it's part of the game]

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

[Tell the bank that you need a loan]

[Go sell your house and every little thing that you own]

[You'll make your dream, forget what you've ever known]

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

Now you're set, so follow the rules

Don't need a house unless it comes with the pool

Buy some new clothes and then you've got to be cool

[You're gonna be a star, big star], listen here

Find a beach if you need a tan

You got to act as though you're in great demand

Be first class, don't ever think second hand

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

(In sty-y-y-yle) get in style (L.A. sty-y-y-yle)

(Say hi-i-i-i) saying hi-i-i (as you cruise by-y-y-y)

Listen here ('cause everybody is a star in Hollywood) well

(Everybody is a star in Hollywood) alright

Let's go to (Holly-Hollywood) Hollywood (Holly-Hollywood) so good

(Holly-Hollywood, Holly-Hollywood) come on

[Now it's time to get a new car]

[You know the kind that has a phone and a bar]

[You'll soon forget the per-son you really are]

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

[Party where the stars have their fun]

[The Candy Store or Pips or Studio One]

[Act like a king and soon New-Yorkers look up]

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

Never run to answer the phone,

just let it ring, pretend you're just getting home,

play a good game, you see you'll never go wrong

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

Tell your friends you walked off the stage

Then slip outside and call and have yourself paged

Get on the phone and scream as though in a rage

[You're gonna be a star, a big star]

(In sty-y-y-yle) be in style (L.A. sty-y-y-yle) L.A. sty-y-y-yle

(Say hi-i-i-i) say hi (as you cruise by-y-y-y) as you cruise by

Listen here ('cause everybody is a star in Hollywood) well

(Everybody is a star in Hollywood) alright

Let's go to (Holly-Hollywood) Hollywood (Holly-Hollywood) so good

(Holly-Hollywood) well (Holly-Hollywood) alright

(Everybody is a star in Hollywood), Hollywood

(Everybody is a star in Hollywood), so good

Studio! (what?), lights (lights), music (music), action (action)

Dance (dance), dance (dance), dance (dance), dance (dance)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hollywood /ˈhɒl.i.wʊd/ B2	noun - the district in Los Angeles famous for the US film industry
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a luminous point in the sky; a famous performer verb - to appear as the main performer in a play or film
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience thoughts, images, or emotions while asleep
bank /bæŋk/ A2	noun - a financial institution that accepts deposits and gives loans
loan /loʊn/ B1	noun - money that is borrowed and expected to be repaid with interest verb - to give something to someone temporarily, expecting it to be returned
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation verb - to provide shelter or accommodation for someone
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - items worn to cover the body
style /staɪl/ B1	noun - a distinctive manner of expression or design verb - to arrange or design something in a particular way
beach /biːtʃ/ A2	noun - a sandy shore by the sea or a lake
class /klɑːs/ A2	noun - a group of students who learn together; a social division
car /kɑːr/ A1	noun - a motor vehicle with wheels for transporting people
phone /foʊn/ A1	noun - an electronic device for voice communication verb - to call someone on the telephone
pretend /prɪˈtend/ B1	verb - to act as if something is true when it is not
stage /steɪdʒ/ B1	noun - a platform where performances are presented verb - to organize and present a public performance
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - people with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
action /ˈækʃən/ B1	noun - the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim
dance /dæns/ A1	noun - a series of rhythmic movements performed to music verb - to move rhythmically to music
lights /laɪts/ A2	noun - sources of illumination, especially electric lamps
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds combined to produce harmony
candy /ˈkændi/ A1	noun - sweet food made with sugar, often flavored and shaped

Key Grammar Structures

• Take a bus, a train or a plane to Hollywood

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ Uses base verb form ('Take') to give direct commands or instructions

• You're gonna be a star, a big star

  ➔ Future with 'gonna'

  ➔ Informal contraction 'gonna' (going to) expresses future certainty or prediction

• Don't need a house unless it comes with the pool

  ➔ Negative Imperative + Unless Clause

  ➔ 'Don't need' gives negative instruction; 'unless' introduces conditional exception

• pretend you're just getting home

  ➔ Imperative + Object Clause

  ➔ Imperative verb 'pretend' followed by full clause ('you're getting home') as its object

• as though in a rage

  ➔ Elliptical Comparative Clause

  ➔ Omission of subject/verb ('as though [you are] in a rage') for conciseness in comparative phrase

• You'll soon forget what you've ever known

  ➔ Future Simple + Present Perfect

  ➔ 'will forget' (future action) contrasts with 'have known' (past experience continuing to present)

• Act like a king and soon New-Yorkers look up

  ➔ Imperative + Result Clause

  ➔ Imperative 'Act' followed by 'and' connecting to future result ('soon...look up') without explicit future tense

• what you've ever known

  ➔ Present Perfect + 'ever'

  ➔ 'ever' emphasizes the entirety of past experience when used with present perfect