Temporary Beauty

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 the lights are too bright?

And you need temporary beauty

And hope to God that it doesn't rain

You need temporary beauty

Even though it might be love in vain

Vain, vain, 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 pressures steps on their toes

Love doesn't fall out of a magazine

You mustn't always believe what you see

And, baby, you need temporary beauty

And hope to God that it doesn't rain

You need temporary beauty

Even though it might be love in vain

Ah, temporary beauty

Ah, temporary beauty

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 see

And, baby, you need temporary beauty

And hope 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

Vain, vain, vain

Oh, vain, vain, vain