Why are you selling dreams of who you wish you could be 

A prince in all of the magazines 

They'd have no words for the man I've seen 

Talk real fast 'fore they see your face 



And would they love you if they knew all the things we know 

We've got these images 

We need them to be true 

Not ready to believe we're no more insecure than you 





But then there're girls like me who sit appauled by what we've seen 

We know the truth about you 

Now you're the prince of all the magazines 

That is a dangerous thing 



But would they love you if they knew all the things that we know 

Those Golden Boys 

All a fraud don't believe their show 

Would they love you if they knew all the things that we know 



Golden Boy life ain't a video 



Place you in these robes and tell you you're the greatest man 

And you believe and play your cards 

Got dealt a winning hand 

Don't you get tired of the show 

The kissin' ass of all the people that you wanna know 



When I was young I thought you had it won 

I saw you on T.V. you made life look fun 

But then years go by and people grow 

I realize it's all a freak show 







Girls like me don't need no bubblin' mindstate thrown in my face 

The way you goin' ain't gonna be no stroll in the sunshine 

Can't turn it back now baby you gone and past that line 

So give it on up now 

What you gonna do