Porn Does Good (also known as Porn Is Good for the Soul) is an unreleased song by Marina Diamandis. It is a self-recorded live performance uploaded to her MySpace.
Background[]
The fan-site Rockabilly places the song approximately on May 5, 2008,[1] indicating it was made available for streaming on Diamandis' MySpace during this time.
Trivia[]
- On January 3, 2014,[2] Marina's iTunes store was hacked, releasing Porn Does Good, Electra Heart and the Mermaid vs. Sailor version of Seventeen.[3][4] However, the songs were taken down approximately a day after.[5]
Official Versions[]
Version | Released on | Date | Length | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Live recording | MySpace | ~05 May 2008 | 2:55 |
Lyrics[]
Spoken Intro[]
❝ Hello, everybody. This is Marina. I've just learnt to play three chords on my new baby pink ukulele. I play like a child. Don't care, 'cause it's helped me write a wonderful song called 'Porn Does Good'. It's about people never admitting to watching porn. Girls and boys, maybe some of you haven't, maybe some of you have. So, whether you have or haven't, I reckon you should learn the song and walk down the street and sing it out loud with pride. And yeah, I would love it if you did that, and I would even love it if you video'd it and sent it to me, because I don't think anyone would actually do that. ❞
[Verse 1]
I'd rather go home
And watch pornography alone
I've got a big collection
A really huge selection
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And if I'm really desperate
I'll call my ex up
And have sex on the phone
It beats orgasming alone
[Chorus]
Porn is good for the soul
But it doesn't leave you feeling very whole
Unless you own a good dildo
But then I'll bet you think I'm a whore, oh
[Verse 2]
Sex is a drug
So throw me a bone
It's so innocent
That's why I always go home alone
[Pre-Chorus 2]
'Cause I'm feeling ashamed
That I feel like a boy
Oh, women are meant to act coy
That's why we buy all these toys
[Chorus]
Porn is good for the soul
But it doesn't always leave you feeling whole
Unless you own a good dildo
But then you'll all think I'm a whore
[Outro]
I don't care, I don't care
References[]
Tours • Merch • Photography • Blog • Collaborators | |
Discography | |
Releases | The Family Jewels • The Crown Jewels • The American Jewels • iTunes Live: '09 • iTunes Live: '10 |
Tracklist | Are You Satisfied? • Shampain • I Am Not a Robot • Girls • Mowgli's Road • Obsessions • Hollywood • The Outsider • Hermit the Frog • Oh No! • Rootless • Numb • Guilty • The Family Jewels • Seventeen |
Non-Album | Happy Meal • Simplify • Blindfold Me • Bad Kidz • Starlight • Sinful • Not That Ugly • Jealousy • Like the Other Girls • Dirty Sheets |
Misc | Porn Does Good • What You Waiting For? • Space and the Woods • Sweet Dreams • Many of Horror • Candy • Starstrukk • Perfect Stranger |
Other Eras | |
Mermaid vs. Sailor • The Family Jewels • Electra Heart • FROOT • LOVE + FEAR • Ancient Dreams |