Seeing the full gate-fold of Olivia Newton-John’s 1981 album Physical puts things into more perspective: she’s not just striking a sexy pose, she’s frolicking in the water. Further inspection of the album reveals she’s frolicking with a dolphin. This ties in with a song she wrote for the album–“The Promise (The Dolphin Song)”–the lyrics of which I record here for posterity:
See them play in the moonlight Watch them dance in the sun They're the children of freedom--everyone As they care for each other With no question or cause They deserve to be treasured as a source of love In their minds, there are answers And in time we'll know What the truth is all about we don't know They have no room for hatred Tho they've suffered much pain--from the race we call human-- Who are afraid to love If I can only help to right a wrong With my dolphin song Then I'll have done what I set out to do If I can only make one man aware One person care Then I'll have done what I promised you Let us hope it's not too late And that we can amend All the pain we have suffered on a friend We were born with the the truth Then why do we abuse it We could choose--to love
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