You have to do your best to come up to par, from straight off theproduction line like a car,Till everything you put on is a put-on, and you don't know who's faceyou're gazing uponCould be anyone you're sending out there tonight, is it any wonder all ofthe lights are too bright?And you need temporary beauty, and pray to God that it doesn't rainYou need temporary beauty, even though it might be love in vainThe world is full of little people like you, they have to read a book tolearn what to doThey hang around in second -hand[?] clothes, and every kind of pressuresteps on their toesLove doesn't fall out of a magazine, you mustn't always believe what you've seenAnd you need temporary beauty, and pray to God that it doesn't rainYou need temporary beauty, even though it might be love in vainAh-ah temporary beauty, ah-ah temporary beauty, ah-ah temporary beautyYou might be the sweetest little girl in your heart,But still the world [?] knows that and tears you apartYou think of the parties you'll never attend, you dream of someone who'smore than a friendLove doesn't jump out of a magazine, you mustn't always believe what you've seenAnd you need temporary beauty, and pray to God that it doesn't rainYou need temporary beauty, even though it might be love, even though itmight be love,Even though it might be love in vain