New Song: Histories
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kniteracyNew Song: Histories
This is more or less complete, I think. When sung, it's about 4 1/2 minutes, so I'm probably not going to add the third verse I was considering earlier.
Little girl slips off where mama can't see
Ends up somewhere that she's not meant to be
When she comes home it's a lie and a tale
Perfect and pretty in every detail
Stories like that paint the map of her youth
She tells them so often that they become truth
A life with two paths, not quite parallel lines
Fading realities, fictions like vines.
One day -- she'll wake to find that she's forgotten herself
Her life -- belongs on a screen or a library shelf
Vainly she'll search her soul to find out what she's done wrong
But history, she makes it up as she goes along
Making it, making it, making it up as she goes along
Breaking it, breaking it, breaking it all up to fit her song
Faking it, faking it, faking it up when she gets it wrong
She's just making it, making it, making it up as she goes along
Little boy sent home for cheating on tests
Daddy comes in, says he's doing his best
He twists it and spins it: he knows how to play
His kid's singled out just for making an A
Every mistake can be written again
Winners write history: he wants to win
Make it up wholesale, somebody will buy
And once they elect him, they'll all live his lie
One night -- he'll wake to find he's lost the reins of control
His life -- is one big fantasy of his leading role
Crudely, he discounts evidence of what he's done wrong
And history, he makes it up as he goes along
Making it, making it, making it up as he goes along
Breaking it, breaking it, breaking it all up to fit his song
Faking it, faking if, faking it up when he gets it wrong
He's just making it, making it, making it up as he goes along
Bridge:
Butcher, baker, soldier thief
Anger, interest, love and grief
Skip that pesky right or wrong
Just make it up (make it up, make it all up) as you go along
Making it, making it, making it up as you go along
Breaking it, breaking it, breaking it all up to fit your song
Faking it, faking if, faking it up when you get it wrong
He's just making it, making it, making it up as you go along
This is more or less complete, I think. When sung, it's about 4 1/2 minutes, so I'm probably not going to add the third verse I was considering earlier.
Little girl slips off where mama can't see
Ends up somewhere that she's not meant to be
When she comes home it's a lie and a tale
Perfect and pretty in every detail
Stories like that paint the map of her youth
She tells them so often that they become truth
A life with two paths, not quite parallel lines
Fading realities, fictions like vines.
One day -- she'll wake to find that she's forgotten herself
Her life -- belongs on a screen or a library shelf
Vainly she'll search her soul to find out what she's done wrong
But history, she makes it up as she goes along
Making it, making it, making it up as she goes along
Breaking it, breaking it, breaking it all up to fit her song
Faking it, faking it, faking it up when she gets it wrong
She's just making it, making it, making it up as she goes along
Little boy sent home for cheating on tests
Daddy comes in, says he's doing his best
He twists it and spins it: he knows how to play
His kid's singled out just for making an A
Every mistake can be written again
Winners write history: he wants to win
Make it up wholesale, somebody will buy
And once they elect him, they'll all live his lie
One night -- he'll wake to find he's lost the reins of control
His life -- is one big fantasy of his leading role
Crudely, he discounts evidence of what he's done wrong
And history, he makes it up as he goes along
Making it, making it, making it up as he goes along
Breaking it, breaking it, breaking it all up to fit his song
Faking it, faking if, faking it up when he gets it wrong
He's just making it, making it, making it up as he goes along
Bridge:
Butcher, baker, soldier thief
Anger, interest, love and grief
Skip that pesky right or wrong
Just make it up (make it up, make it all up) as you go along
Making it, making it, making it up as you go along
Breaking it, breaking it, breaking it all up to fit your song
Faking it, faking if, faking it up when you get it wrong
He's just making it, making it, making it up as you go along
