Beloved Movie Star - Stan Ridgway

My beloved movie star

There’s more than cold cream in your jar

When eyebrows arch and lips are dry

When you’re alone at night, you cry

Stuntmen make you feel secure

Wrap you up in soft allure

Your key light’s bright, your close-up's now

This picture could tank, but you’ll make out somehow

Can you hear the surf in Malibu

The red tide there is calling you

You are the part, why don’t they know

Remember Tallulah, Janet, and Garbo

Behind you now

See someone there

She looks like you

With blonder hair

A newer one

With a younger glow

So you just cry all night

In your bungalow

My beloved movie star

Now I know just where you are

Up on a hill, in the backseat of a car

You’re my beloved movie star