tonya's twirls
Singer:loudon wainwright iii
you knew she was in trouble when you saw her bodyguard
when you saw those two together
to see that she was different
not just one of the girls
with their gliding and their sliding and their pirouettes and twirls
then it turned out that she smoked and drank and posed practically nude
and she didn't smile all of the time
she wasn't goody-two-skates
with their grinning and their spinning and their winning little twirls
and her childhood was unhappy
and her mom was really weird
her husband liked to hit her but it was poverty she feared
'cause she grew up in the trailer parks not like most other girls
with their gliding and their sliding and their whirling little twirls
they all look like princesses
but she was your parents' worst nightmare: the slut who moved next door
from the wrong side of the track
she liked the boys more than the girls
with their gliding and their sliding and their girlish dainty twirls
and it seemed like she was lying
about what she didn't know
and then she started crying in the media sideshow
and in practice she kept falling down more than the other girls
with their gliding and their sliding and their picture perfect twirls
and they almost towed her truck way
the whole thing was a drag
forget about campbell soup and reebok
that's what they're after
and their twisted little twirls
so play the national anthem
we hope that ours don't stumble
and that theirs slip and fall
what happens to these girls?
with their triple-flips and axels
and their somersaults and twirls
ice used to be a nice thing
when you laced up figure skates
now it's a thing to win a medal on
but once there were no lutzes