Celebrity - LUXURIA

I turned to her and I said

Well hurl my biography

Into this whirling pool

See which way the blue ink runs

On an ocean of lenses

Im drifting like a fool

Smouldering focus of those instant suns

And all of these

Cause and effect motion pictures

Impossible to avoid

A single image of me Its living

On a whole subcontinent of celluloid

Youll like me Youre like me Youll recognise my name

Youll like me Youre like me Have a picture of me Pointing out of frame

Now go …

The magnifying circus

The magnifying circus

A wealth of detail is going cheap

Cause and error

Trial and effect

Isnt it enough to put you all to sleep?

But my likeness

Its to your liking

So I wont stay away

Ill be back long before you know it To dazzle you again

I daresay

Youll like me Youre like me Youll turn the page and watch

Your kids are eating effigies of me Fluorescent butterscotch

Theres a shimmering lake of real lives

Its a backdrop

Its an afterthought

Tell rite, will there be a dressing room

And will there be shadows at the airport?

This set is hotter than the holy land

It all beats down from above

Long golden weeks of close-ups

Cool and convincing shows of love

Youll like me Youre like me Youll recognise my name

Youll like me Youre like me Have a picture of me Pointing out of frame

Youll like me Youre like me Youll turn the page and watch

Your kids are eating effigies of me Fluorescent butterscotch

If one life has been saved

By this photography session

It has been worth it