SHIP'S PHOTOGRAPHS

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They say "I'll use soft focus"
but still my wrinkles show

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Or they take them from the side

and my double chin grows

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I ask them, "make me look good"

they promise that they will

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But I read behind their eyes

"that will take a magic spell"

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If photos take a moment

and freezes it in time

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Please tell why those moments

are always the worst of mine

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Though I know I won't like them

I still have to go and see

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If the latest batch of photos

turn out how I'd like them to be

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The trouble is I have a problem

because deep inside of me

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I'm a very different person

to the one the camera sees

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Although it really is a pity

and it could be called a sin

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But I can fully understand

why one in four end in the bin.