Lyrics

Have you heard the news today
Looks like the lights went out on Empire State
The girl she passed away
And now her star will never have to fade

I saw that scene
Up on that screen
You made the real world make believe

The first to say the least
A small town girl with big time dreams
A beauty who could tame the beast
A silent movie scream queen
A censored love affair
A storyteller's nightmare
Your name it's up in lights
You see your face in the magazines

If you take the cast away
All that remains is from the golden age
Should the tale be told today
I know that love would always find a way

I saw that scene
Up on that screen
You made the real world make believe

The first to say the least
A small town girl with big time dreams
A beauty who could tame the beast
A silent movie scream queen
A censored love affair
A storyteller's nightmare
Your name it's up in lights
You see your face in the magazines

You could have heard them scream
All the way out on the street
When the wonder
It's no wonder
They came to kill the beast

I saw that scene
Up on that screen
You made the real world make believe

The first to say the least
A small town girl with big time dreams
A beauty who could tame the beast
A silent movie scream queen
A censored love affair
A storyteller's nightmare
Your name it's up in lights
You see your face in the magazines
Your face in the magazines

You should have heard her scream