The Photographer Lyrics

I go to movies, I frequent galleries

I have a camera, I get a measly salary

I take pictures of buildings and people I know

I don't want to be famous—at least I don't think so

My favorite shot is of my friend's aunt

She's in her room next to a large plant

Her expression is odd, I don't know what it's for

I keep the picture with my socks in my dresser drawer

Mapplethorpe took nasty little photos

They're causing a stir among the he/shes and the they/those

A nightstick here — a bullwhip there

A little boy sitting naked on a chair

I like to use my zoom lens at night

Investigate my neighbors when I turn out my light

There's no harm in it—they don't know I'm there

Sometimes I take a picture but — sometimes I just stare

I took my camera on a long vacation

I shot some pictures of a local vegetation

And now I take my camera wherever I go

It fills the time up if things should get slow

Mapplethorpe took nasty little photos

They're causing a stir among the heteros and homos

I hear one is of a large man pissing

Another one shows two grown men kissing

Is it art? I'm not really sure

But I have a feeling I know what they're for