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2004-07-29 14:26:47 ET So she's a pretty girl Bathed in Gucci, Channel and wrapped up in pearls But does she see the depth in the lines of hell The lines on the screen The real image that fades in the light And screams out with insight Into the culture that has possessed her The one that makes her obsessed with her And nothing else of beauty other than what her doctor can cut and sow together Like a divining rod to take her to a place of infinite pleasure And it seems like to her it's just the drugs that takes her And she can't be saved unless she saves herself From her own entrapment with herself Like a gun to her head by herself Standing in the shower ready to release herself From the constant flurry of stimulation and manipulation Constant confession in this place of mass confusion So she can't be saved until she chooses Before she loses all to the rushing fashion Like an oncoming train straight to her temple Only a click left to self-destruction Is it welcome to see it on the newspaper headlines The highlights page or the obituary You choose, she's on it and worshipped like in a sanctuary Her insides are outside for all to see Cuz she's a seethru model of decedance And circumstance The persistance of the American dream To be thin and mean and make the green That everyone wants but nobody but somebody else has And we are all waiting to steal it from our own lives like a credit line The interest is too high but we just lower our heads to take the line Through dollar bills laced with sex, lies, greed, and crime Taking all until she can't take it anymore And the beat stops like running out of batteries she can't afford no more So she finds herself lowering her head to take a little more than what she signed up for But "that's show business lady and you gotta take it on the chin" Is this the picture she wants to show to her kids Empty medicine bottles, a pitcher of beer and and the sneer of three stangers The price of fame and she's not even halfway out of danger But she's gonna be a big star and there's no stopping her Nothing but her |
