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by Carly Simon


Dishonest Modesty - from Another Passenger - 1976

      
You come on strong telling everyone
About your latest role
          
How you saved the movie, stole the show
So you've been told

             
And if you have no time for all your offers
You'll see that I get called
            
And if you have no time for all your men
You'll see that I get balled


         
Well I don't expect humility
     
But what about some good old 
            
Dishonest modesty

     
You say that you can understudy
All the other parts
               
That you can write a song that will make us cry
And touches all our hearts
     
And you can House and Garden
Vogue and Glamour, Mademoiselle
       
Well, I know you can Bitch and Screw
And Penthouse just as well

         
No I don't expect humility
     
But what about some good old 
            
Dishonest modesty


You try to be unique
But somehow something's wrong
        
Your flower childish vision of life
Cannot last too long
       
You're over thirty and underweight
Though you call yourself petite

And you hang around with all the clowns
Who think they're so elite


         
Well I don't expect humility
     
But what about some good old 
            
Dishonest modesty
         
No I don't expect humility
     
But what about some good old 
            
Dishonest modesty