Skinny

We were both of us skinny 

Back then, Ruth Gray

Both of us skinny back then

Now I am not and you still are

But

We were both of us skinny back then

We were all elbows and knees

Back then, Ruth gray

We were all ribs and bones back then

We held a candle to Cambodia

And

We were both of us skinny back then

The Catwalk craves your figure,

Ruth Gray, Ruth Gray

Bulimically want to be you 

But you and I never did feel that way

We never did feel that way, Ruth Gray*

It's something only you and I knew

M. Joseph Burt      (26.6.6)

*I have no idea how Ruth Gray felt, but I always imagined at the time that she felt the same way as me.