I turned to her and I said



We'll hurl my biography

into this whirling pool

see which way the blue ink runs

on an ocean of lenses

I'm 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

it's living

on a whole subcontinent of celluloid



You'll like me

you're like me

you'll recognise my name

you'll like me

you're 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

isn't it enough to put you all to sleep?



But my likeness

it's to your liking

so I won't stay away

I'll be back long before you know it

to dazzle you again

I daresay



You'll like me

you're like me

you'll turn the page and watch

your kids are eating effigies of me

fluorescent butterscotch



There's a shimmering lake of real lives

it's a backdrop

it's 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



You'll like me

you're like me

you'll recognise my name

you'll like me

you're like me

have a picture of me

pointing out of frame



You'll like me

you're like me

you'll turn the page and watch

your kids are eating effigies of me

fluorescent butterscotch



If one life has been saved