Nights fall hard on Hollywood

The stars don't come out like they should

Up above the world so high tonight

They can't outshine the neon lights

Now the golden days are gone for good

In Esmeralda's Hollywood

She comes out when the sun is gone

But she don't have to walk alone

Cause once the darkness takes this town

She ain't the only ghost around

Waitin' by the public phone

If it don't ring she heads back home

Esmeralda, Esmeralda girl, what are you waitin' for

Esmeralda, Esmeralda, can't hang around this place no more

Searchlights rip the L.A. sky

When you look in Esmeralda's eyes

The people come from miles around

To see the kings and queens they crowned

Behind the barricades they stood

In Esmeralda's Hollywood

Aw, wait until the sun goes down

Listen for the lonely sound

Esmeralda's hanging round

No one shed a tear that day

When Esmeralda passed away

All up and down the strip they say

It was just like any other day

The evil struggled with the good

Down in Esmeralda's Hollywood