Graham Parker - Temporary Beauty lyrics

rate me

You have to do your best to come up to par, from straight off the

production line like a car,

Till everything you put on is a put-on, and you don't know who's face

you're gazing upon

Could be anyone you're sending out there tonight, is it any wonder all of

the lights are too bright?

And you need temporary beauty, and pray to God that it doesn't rain

You need temporary beauty, even though it might be love in vain

The world is full of little people like you, they have to read a book to

learn what to do

They hang around in second -hand stores for clothes,

and every kind of pressure

steps on their toes

Love doesn't fall out of a magazine,

you mustn't always believe what you've seen

And you need temporary beauty, and pray to God that it doesn't rain

You need temporary beauty, even though it might be love in vain

Ah-ah temporary beauty, ah-ah temporary beauty, ah-ah temporary beauty

You might be the sweetest little girl in your heart,

But still the world ignores that and tears you apart

You think of the parties you'll never attend, you dream of someone who's

more than a friend

Love doesn't jump out of a magazine,

you mustn't always believe what you've seen

And you need temporary beauty, and pray to God that it doesn't rain

You need temporary beauty, even though it might be love, even though it

might be love,

Even though it might be love in vain