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 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 problem 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 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
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 know 
How to live the real world
I wanna know 
'Cause I'm a real live girl

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 the TV land, make it safe to be ordinary 
Gonna do my own show, it's about us real live girls in TV land
In TV land, in TV land, in TV land
Hey, hey, hey, hey
In TV Land