Pop Lie

Okkervil River - Pop Lie A E l E l A E B l x2 B A E all sweetly sung and succinctly stated A E words and music he calculated F#m B to make you sing along FBAE B with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn B A E get completely incorporated A E by some couple who consummated F#m B all their love by the dawn FBAE B a falling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone E F#m A B and mouths wet and blonde hair braided A E by the back room the kids all waited F#m B to meet the man in bright green FBA B who had dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon A E B he?s the liar who lied in his pop song F#m B and you?re lying when you sing along F#m B yes you?re lying when you sing along A E l E l A E B l x2 B A E so here?s the car seat so cruelly weighted A E and here?s to faces already faded F#m B at the end of a day FBAE B when they just threw away the only good thing that they owned E F#m A B and now they?re pinned down and strangula---ted A E at the food court the float?s inflated F#m B people line up to see FBA B the man who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon A E B he?s the liar who lied in his pop song A E B the liar who lied in his pop song F#m B and you?re lying when you sing along, F#m B oh yeah you?re lying when you sing along A B week by week it climbs up and climbs on E F#m and we?re feeling all right but we know it?s all wrong A B E I?m ashamed to admit that I cannot resist F#m what I wish were the truth but it?s not A E B and I truly believe we?re not strong A E B and we?ll sing until our voices are gone A E B and then sink beneath the manicured lawn A E l E l A E B l x2 B A E This is respectfully dedicated A E to the woman who concentrated F#m B all of her love to find FBAE B that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song