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 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