Anorexic Annie here, a West Coast bubble-headed barbie doll
---hope you can see me behind the microphone stand---
I starve myself to stay sooooooo thin,
    eating very little even when I'm deathly hungry
My mirror is my guiding enemy
    showing me every bulge that doesn't exist
With the scale aiding my lying mind
    by telling me I'm overweight when I am perfect as I am
         As when I was born
Please ignore those excessive diet pills I take,
    they're just energy boosters to keep me going
Forget about those unnecessary laxatives I swallow mindlessly,
    they just help me keep my system running smoothly
Well, this is my nightmarish way of keeping myself way Hollywood thin

Here come's my friend, she'll introduce herself
---move from behind the microphone stand so they can see you---

Hey there, Bulimic Betty here, an East Coast empty-headed socialite
I binge to my heart's content and then purge
    to keep myself ghostly thin
My mirror shows me all the non-existing fat rolls that I don't have
    while my scale lies to me about my weight and tells me I have
    to lose more, even though I don't have any place to lose any at
Now you see, my porcelain pal is where I release it all
I either throw it up or take laxatives
    to rid me of this evil fat inducing food
This is my hellish way of keeping myself  beyond New York thin

Yes, we're best friends til our deathly end
    Which will be sooner than you think,
    even though we're mere teens
No, we don't need your help, thanks anyways
We do just fine on our own, starving ourselves til'
    we're gravely thin, and our looks are beyond
    our mother's recognition
Also, don't you mind our bones protruding from our sallow, hollow skin
That's just because we are so unhealthily bone thin


by savvy-10/18/2000...

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