As Seen On TV
She lives everyday as if she is on camera
Every errand a chance to meet her destiny
Longing for the paparazzi who don’t exist
The look, the walk, all perfected for the audience
Who will never see
The beauty she strives for As Seen On TV
She glides through the grocery store
Perfect hair, nails, makeup
Oh to be as perfect as the airbrush can make us
Carrying out an affair with a man she’s never met
With a wife and child she chooses not to admit
Because when he sings, it is to her only
She believes in one true love
Who she will meet by chance, perhaps right now.
She waits for the love with practiced patience
Permanently smiling for the camera
Everyday she becomes a little more aware of the waiting
Why had it been so long?
Had she done something wrong?
In the check out stand, she pauses with a slight frown;
There he is without her at some event she will never attend
Reality hits for a split second and she is still and sad
But as the cashier hands her her change, she’s sure she hears the shutter
Smile Number 2, for the camera, the winning smile, that says:
I will find him soon.
And we will meet and he know with one look
That we are meant to be.
And it will be all “happy ever after,
As Seen on TV, As Seen on TV, As Seen on TV
(again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again).
music and lyrics: Alis K. Mahlen
Copyright 2004 Alis K. Mahlen
Recorded at First Street Audio,
Fort Worth, 2007
Vocals, Background Vocals: Alis
Background Vocals: Dale
Electric Guitar: Paul
Guitar: Alis
Bass: Dale
Drums: Bill
