Standard (EADGBE)

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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