Star Training

She wants to be in magazines And be beautiful for everyone to see It's raining in her room again So she turns off the TV She wants to be on movie screens So she practices her lines and her kisses She's sleeping in a broken car That she borrowed from her best friend She knows one day she'll make me proud And all the world looks at her now She smiles politely As she steps out of her dreams and wakes up Her eyes are open, her dreams are over The sky is falling, it's broken, it's broken Training to be a star, training to be a star You know that you are He writes books of poetry Though he hasn't read any since he read E.E. He's drinking himself to sleep Pretending that he's boring, not to sound deep He knows one day, he'll write his book And all the world will have a look He smiles politely As he steps out of his dreams and wakes up His eyes are open, his dreams are over The sky is falling, it's broken, it's broken Training to be a star, training to be a star You know that you are Training to be a star, training to be a star She wants to be in magazines She wants to act on movie screens He sees those girls But they look the other way To be a star, to be a star To be a star, to be a star To be a star, you won't need a star To be a star, yeah Training to be a star, training to be a star You know that you are To be a star, to be a star To be a star, to be a star To be a star, to be a star To be a star, to be a star