"Pop Lie" Lyrics

All sweetly sung and succinctly stated
words and music he calculated
to make you sing along
with your stereo on, as you stand in your shorts on your lawn
get completely incorporated by some couple who consummated
their first love by the dawn
a falling star wished upon
that flashed in the sky and was gone

And, mouths wet and long hair braided
by the back room the kids all waited
to meet the man in bright green
that they wrecked their hearts upon
he's the liar who lied in this pop song
and you're lying when you sing along
yeah your lying when you sing along

So here's to car seats so cruelly weighted
and here's the faces already faded
at the end of the day when they just threw away
the only good thing that they owned
and now they're pinned down and strangulated

But, at the food court, the float's inflated
people lined up to see
the man who dreamed up the dream
that they wrecked their hearts upon
he's the liar who lied in his pop song
the liar who lied in this pop song
and you're lying when you sing along
oh, yeah you're lying when you sing along

Week by week it climbs up and comes on
and we're feeling all right though we know it's all wrong
I'm ashamed to admit that I cannot resist
what I wish were the truth but it's not

And I truly believe we're not strong
and we'll sing until our voices are gone
and then sink beneath that manicured lawn

This is respectfully dedicated
to the woman who concentrated
all of her love to find that she'd wasted it all
on the liar who lied in this song