Photograph, lookin' down at me I'm lookin' at the past Something about my family in high contrast Something about my infancy in white and black Something about my memories In a photograph, a portrait of the past Born in a flash Polaroid, 1954 It was a Polaroid '55 through '56 Were undestroyed, daddy was an anarchist We can't afford Somebody catching wind of this here Polaroid, a portrait of before Born in a flash Born in a flash A little piece of the past Born in a flash Ohh Ohhhh, Aahhhh, Ohhh Photograph, a portrait of the past Born in a flash Born in a flash Born in a flash Born in a flash