You know, folks, normally I give you a song quote at the opening of my blog...well, today, I'm quoting an entire song. Download it and listen to it; it's certainly perky! But it makes a wonderful point in terms of getting TOO obsessed with working out and looking perfect. And it just encapsulates the way I feel today! If you know of anyone who's crazy-focused on their bodies, you may just want to forward them to today's post. Or play the music in the background when they're over. Or, well, just stage a full-scale intervention!
The song is "Pride" by the late, great Robert Palmer. RIP!!!
You want her attention
Well you'll have to wait
She's in the gymnasium
Reducing weight
In shorts of a leotard
Despite her age
The girl's gonna exercise
Her life away
Sister don't you jog it all away
Sister don't you run it all off
Sister don't you jog it all away
Sister don't you rough it all up
What an idea of fun
To get it on the run
I don't know what you do
What has come over you?
The style in the discotheque
Is cheap and nice
Please tell Ms Fonda
To reduce her price
Anorexia nervosa mannequin
All this physicality
Will wear you thin
Hey Olivia Newton-John
What you say?
Hey Olivia Newton-John
What you say?
She used to yield like flesh
Now it's all muscle
She used to yield like flesh
Now it's all muscle
I don't know why you do
What has come over you
What an idea of fun
To get it on the run
Roller skates and vitamins and diet plans
Academic discipline will ruin your hands
We used to ride tandem and have lots of fun
But bicycles for exercise are made for one
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