Okkervil River - Pop Lie

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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hes the liar who lied in his pop song
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and youre lying when you sing along
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yes youre lying when you sing along

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so heres the car seat so cruelly weighted
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and heres 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 theyre pinned down and strangula – – – ted
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at the food court the floats 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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hes 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 youre lying when you sing along ,
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oh yeah youre lying when you sing along

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week by week it climbs up and climbs on
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and were feeling all right but we know its all wrong
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im ashamed to admit that i cannot resist
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what i wish were the truth but its not
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and i truly believe were not strong
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and well 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