David Gates Overnight Sensation song lyrics

Hollywood sure looked good to me when I first came

Made my vow, somehow everyone would know my name

Patiently, kept on waiting for my chance to come

Prideful me, there's no returning to where I came from

But she went back, the lovely lady who come west with me

She could not wait, now she's married, living happily

But I still say a superstar is just a break away

And I must try, it's do or die 'til I hear the people say

You made it, you made it

Our local boy has made it good

You made it, you made it

Overnight sensation in Hollywood

Back again, make the rounds and go from door to door

Sorry friend, you're just not quite what we were looking for

A letter comes, she still writes to you from time to time

You'd like to call, but she's too happy and, besides, you need the dime

Then, at last, someone's calling with a role to play

It concerns a man who's lost his lover when she went away

A star is born, no one's ever seen it played so well

It almost seems the tears are real but it's just too hard to tell

You made it, you made it

Found the price and paid it, I knew you would

You made it, you made it

Overnight sensation in Hollywood, yes sir

You made it, you made it

Our local boy has made it good

You made it, you made it

Overnight sensation in Hollywood, yes sir

You made it, you made it

Found the price and paid it, I knew you would

You made it, you made it

Overnight sensation in Hollywood, yes sir