Polaroid

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Marc Almond] New York City, 1981 I was lost in the junkie jungle I called in to the Factory on Union Square For a Warhol introduction [Chorus: Marc Almond] He saw me, and he said "Hi" And I said "Hi", and he said "Gee" And he asked me, and I asked he: A polaroid of me and he? [Verse 2: Marc Almond] Saw right through him, and he through me Transparent men and mannequin "Great," I said, and he said, "Gee" And that was it, and that was we [Chorus: Marc Almond] He saw me, and he said "Hi" And I said "Hi", and he said "Gee" And he asked me, and I asked he: A polaroid of me and he? [Interlude: Andy Warhol] I've got this, erm, polaroid picture, and it just takes the face of the person, I-I haven't learned how to do the body yet, but they usually... always come out great [Verse 3: Marc Almond] But in my head, it all played out In a silver-foiled room at the Factory Joe Dallesandro, Candy Darling Jackie Curtis and Pope Ondine A crazy, groovy Warhol scene The Velvets playing "Heroin" And Nico danced in oil-wheel lights And Lou Reed had me in his sights [Chorus: Marc Almond] He saw me, and he said "Hi" And I said "Hi", and he said "Gee" And he asked me, and I asked he: A polaroid of me and he? [Interlude: Unnamed female and Andy Warhol] I'm the new girl in town, and I meet Rita Hayworth, Jane Fonda, Lana Turner, Kim Novak, all the glamour girls. And I interviewed them and kept them apart, and then at the end of [?] Oh, just… well, actually, just, I try to make... try to make people look good. That's what I did [Verse 4: Marc Almond] New York City, 1981 I was lost in the junkie jungle Called to the Factory on Union Square For a Warhol introduction And now, if we exist at all A polaroid stuck on my wall Feel like my dreams Were really just nothing at all [Chorus: Marc Almond] He saw me, and he said "Hi" And I said "Hi", and he said "Gee" And he asked me, and I asked he: A polaroid in he and me? [Outro: Marc Almond, Andy Warhol and Unnamed female] This picture just takes a… picture of, um… just the face, and that seems to, err, I don't know, there's something about the camera that makes it look, err, make it just, um… just right. And it… it takes their head shots, it's like getting a passport picture. I, uh, y'know, take a half a picture from a picture and another picture and from... (A Polaroid, polaroid, polaroid, polaroid...) I'm the new girl in town, and I meet Rita Hayworth, Jane Fonda, Lana Turner, Kim Novak, all the glamour girls It just takes the face of the person, I… I haven't learned how to do the body yet... I-I've done it, but not really. They usually always come out great