Pop Lie-Okkervil River

[00:11.92]All sweetly sung and succinctly stated [00:15.17]Words and music you calculated [00:18.52]To make you sing along [00:21.67]With your stereo on [00:24.13]As you stand in your shorts on your lawn [00:27.40] [00:27.71]Get completely incorporated [00:30.83]By some couple who consummated [00:34.05]Their first love by the dawn [00:37.15]A falling star wished upon [00:39.84]And flashed in the sky and was gone [00:43.07] [00:43.85]And that's when ...* [00:49.63] [00:49.82]By the back room, the kids all waited [00:52.74]To meet the man in bright green [00:56.00]Who had dreamed up the dream that [00:58.99]they rest their hearts upon [01:01.41]He's the liar who lied in his pop song [01:04.62]And you're lying when you sing along [01:07.70]And you're lying when you sing along [01:13.08] [01:23.80]So, here's the car seat, so cruelly weighted [01:27.00]And here's the faces already faded [01:30.14]At the end of the day [01:33.21]When they just threw away [01:36.30]the only good thing that they owned [01:38.61] [01:38.82]And now they're ...* [01:45.55] [01:45.72]But at the food court, the float's inflated [01:49.04]People line up to see the man [01:51.84]who dreamed up the dream that [01:54.75]they rest their hearts upon [01:57.37]He's the liar who lied in his pop song [02:00.70]The liar who lied in his pop song [02:03.65]And you're lying when you sing along [02:06.42]Oh yeah, you're lying when you sing along [02:11.56] [02:11.95]Week by week, it climbs up and comes on [02:14.81]And we're feeling alright, though we know it's all wrong [02:18.29]I'm ashamed to admit that [02:20.53]I can't help resist what I wished was the truth, [02:22.96]but it's not [02:24.13] [02:24.33]And I truly believe we're not strong [02:26.90]And we'll sing til our voices are gone [02:30.12]And ...* [02:37.64] [02:46.13]This is respectfully dedicated [02:49.63]To the woman who concentrated [02:53.42]All of her love to find [02:56.79]That she'd wasted it on [03:00.26]The liar who lied in this song [03:08.10]