Okkervil River - Pop Lie
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all sweetly sung and succinctly stated
words and music he calculated
to make you sing along
with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn
get completely incorporated
by some couple who consummated
all their love by the dawn
a falling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone
and mouths wet and blonde hair braided
by the back room the kids all waited
to meet the man in bright green
who had dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
he’s the liar who lied in his pop song
and you’re lying when you sing along
yes you’re lying when you sing along
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so here’s the car seat so cruelly weighted
and here’s to faces already faded
at the end of a day
when they just threw away the only good thing that they owned
and now they’re pinned down and strangula---ted
at the food court the float’s inflated
people line up to see
the man who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
he’s the liar who lied in his pop song
the liar who lied in his pop song
and you’re lying when you sing along,
oh yeah you’re lying when you sing along
week by week it climbs up and climbs on
and we’re feeling all right but we know it’s all wrong
I’m ashamed to admit that I cannot resist
what I wish were the truth but it’s not
and I truly believe we’re not strong
and we’ll sing until our voices are gone
and then sink beneath the manicured lawn
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This is respectfully dedicated
to the woman who concentrated
all of her love to find
that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song