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