so life is different
than what they show us on TV
do dreams come true for everyone
or just for Barbie
and I've been waiting here so very patiently
well it's been so long
it's been too long
I wonder what's wrong with me
I wanna know how to live in the real world
I wanna know cause I'm a real live girl

I wanna live in the TV land
with Mr T and the A-team
my problems they could solve
before the end of the show
I wanna live in TV land
where they're so thin and pretty
they must be nice people
cause they're on 90210 in TV land

I wish I looked like
all the nice actors on TV
sometimes you've got to choose
between real and plastic surgery
just like the people on the television screen
Barbie's not a role model
she's only make believe
I wanna know how to live in the real world
I wanna know cause I'm a real live girl

I wanna live in TV land
and be one of Charlie's angels
it must be fun to fight crime
and have new clothes for every show
I wanna live in TV land
like Samantha or Dream of Jeannie
my problems I could solve
by wrinkling my nose in TV land
I wanna live in TV land
we can change the world
through the TV show
all kinds of people
like we have in the real world
I wanna live in TV land
make it safe to be ordinary
gonna do my own show
it's all about us real live girls
in TV land