He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
You're Sylvia Plath
As you drip from the bath
I hand you a robe
And so it goes
The moment had pass
You're Simone de Beauvoir
As you get out the car
The way you read me
No one can see me
It's who you are
And these photographs keep me alive
Babe, here's your song
Babe, it took too long
To find in your eyes
My best surprise
You're Nina Simone
When you talk on the phone
You sing to me
And I'm truly
No longer alone
You're Mary Cassatt
When people tell you you're not
You're like a child
All the while
I need you a lot
Babe, here's your song
Babe, it took too long
To find in your eyes
My best surprise
And I wanna know what you know
And I wanna go where you go
These things remind me of
These things remind me of
These things remind me of you
Babe, here's your song
Babe, it took too long
To find in your eyes
My best surprise
As you drip from the bath
I hand you a robe
And so it goes
The moment had pass
You're Simone de Beauvoir
As you get out the car
The way you read me
No one can see me
It's who you are
And these photographs keep me alive
Babe, here's your song
Babe, it took too long
To find in your eyes
My best surprise
You're Nina Simone
When you talk on the phone
You sing to me
And I'm truly
No longer alone
You're Mary Cassatt
When people tell you you're not
You're like a child
All the while
I need you a lot
Babe, here's your song
Babe, it took too long
To find in your eyes
My best surprise
And I wanna know what you know
And I wanna go where you go
These things remind me of
These things remind me of
These things remind me of you
Babe, here's your song
Babe, it took too long
To find in your eyes
My best surprise
Lyrics submitted by it_girl_ragDOLL
These Photographs Lyrics as written by Joshua Ryan Radin
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Missing Link Music
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