Lie Or Lay

Let me tell you a story baby
Don’t say anything till I’m through
Cuz it’s only a story baby
I don’t think that makes it true

Let me keep on lyin’, honey
Long as I’m lying here with you
If it’s only a story maybe then I can
Lay the whole the thing out for you

I can’t be more open
and I can’t hardly cope when
I know I should have spoken louder

Let me tell you a story baby 
Now I’ve had time to think it through
Let me make it an allegory
Let me add in a moral too
Let me keep on lying, baby
Long as I’m lying here with you
If it’s only a story maybe then
I can lay the whole thing out for you

Happy ever after
Such a maudlin chapter
Today it doesn't even matter

I’m deconstructing
Scissors and tape
I’m analyzing
Postgraduate
Hypothesizing
Equivocate
I’m hyperreal
Lying in state

I’m not that creative
I can’t rearrange this
True or consequential statement
 

~ 1999