From the 1930 film “Show Girl in Hollywood”
Words and music by Bud Green and Sam H. Stept
The sheet music:
Lyrics
You’re like a million others
Who seek the road to fame
But soon you’ll realize
It’s not an easy prize
You’ll find like all the others
Who’s dreams are just the same
The road is not as rosy
As Sunday papers claim
Refrain:
There’s a tear for every smile in Hollywood
Every mile’s a weary mile in Hollywood
And million dreams are born with each day
A million dreams keep fading away
Like the spider and the fly in Hollywood
Where a broken hearted sigh is understood
Tho’ fortune seems to beckon to some
Oh! there’s a tear for every smile in Hollywood