Working It Out

I think that I care to much about my weight
I look in the mirror far to much
I analyze every piece of myself
and try to fix it by working it out
normally everyone else would say
your perfect and they don't understand
why sometimes I do so many sit ups

and why I always demand better from myself
It's something I can't help 
because I look on tv 
and some of those girls have great bodies
I think it makes me look at myself
and think why can't I look like them
Television is my plague
so is New York

we woman here strive to be thin
so trust me I don't think i'm the only
one working it out just to fit in
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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