Jill Sobule's 'Lucy at the Gym'

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Sidenote: In my "younger" days I was a drummer in an indie band and we got the opportunity to open for Jill at an AIDS benefit. She's super nice and, I think, an underrated musician and wore a cute kitty ears beanie (it was winter time).

I was getting ready to participate in a thread in the Lounge about songs no one else has on their playlist and I thought of Jill Sobule's album, Pink Pearl. So I hopped on over to YouTube to get the video for the song 'Lucy at the Gym' and was saddened at some of the video title's I saw there. There appear to be a lot of "pro-ana" title's for the video.

The song is about body image and eating disorders.

Lyrics:

Lucy at the gym
She's there every time I go,
and I don't go that often, so she must live at the gym
I stare at her ribs they show through the spandex
Her little legs are working, she's going somewhere
She's climbing up the stairs
And when she reaches the top her dreams will be there

Lucy at the gym
Lucy on the scale for the third time
Thru thick and thin, Lucy's at the gym
She's staring at the clock and like the 2nd hand she never stops
She's Lucy at the gym

When she takes a shower, after all the hours
Does she have a place to go
Is there someone waiting
Or is Lucy all alone

I'm at the gym and Lucy's not there
It's got me kinda worried so I imagine the worst
She's made it up to heaven
And when she met her maker, he said "come right in"
"I'll show you around the gym"
"Everyone's beautiful and thin"
"And here there's no sin,
and your life can begin
Lucy at the gym"