~ Nothing lasts forever. ~
Pearls, pearls. Hanging from the front near your collar bone.
Poised, posed. Smiling for a picture on your husband's arm.
Flash, flash. It's a Camelot setting in this pretty picture.
The American dream could never do no harm.
You got families full of money and you married your kind.
Stand by your husband, honey, cause you're on TV.
You're a style icon and you like the attention.
But your life's all wrong cause John's sleepin' with Marilyn.
Hey, hey, you're playing their game,
Put a smile on, put a smile on.
Hey, hey, it makes you insane.
Are you a lover or a wife?
Does fantasy entice you?
You're a figment of his imagination
The product of American creation.
Do you choose to stay loyal or to sin?
Are you a Jackie O or a Marilyn?
Jewels, jewels. Hidden in places they'll never find.
Play, pay. For all all the ways you've come to fame.
Flash, flash. You're sensual symbol in public eye.
The American image will live in your name.
You've got bottles full of pills and you're clutching the phone.
Stand on your own cause they'll make a fool outta you.
You're a pop icon and you like the attention,
But your life's all wrong cause he lives with Jackie O.
Hey, hey, you're playing their game,
Put a smile on, put a smile on.
Hey, hey, it makes you insane.
Are you a lover or a wife?
Does fantasy entice you?
You're a figment of his imagination
The product of American creation.
Do you choose to stay loyal or to sin?
Are you a Jackie O or a Marilyn?
From the BMWs to Cadillacs and limousines.
Singing to the soldiers, sipping tea with the queen.
You're living the high life in your own right of America's prime.
You've got everything now - the sequence, the image,
But sealed between your lips are thoughts only for your pleasure.
It's immortality, darling, and you'll be living forever.
Hey, hey, you're playing their game,
Put a smile on, put a smile on.
Hey, hey, it makes you insane.
Are you a lover or a wife?
Does fantasy entice you?
You're a figment of his imagination
The product of American creation.
Do you choose to stay loyal or to sin?
Are you a Jackie O or a Marilyn?
