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Down the street with the Kosher shops
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Past the rummage yards with the antique props
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Beauty queens and homesick harlots
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All line up in the LA gauntlet
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It's the corner where dreams are made
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Where flaws are fixed up with pills and powder
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The beginning of success and failure
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At 200 South La Brea
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Changed her name and headed to the city
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Took out that loan and bought herself a Mini
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Recites lines at the grocery store and then
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Quotes old movies at table 4
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They say: "Can you sing?" and "Can you cry?" and
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"Will you take off your top if the price is right?"
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"Do you smoke?" and "Do you drink?"
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And "Do you wash your spoons in the bathroom sink?"
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These are questions
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At 200 South La Brea
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Obsessions
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At 200 South La Brea