Okkervil River - Pop lie

^B all sweetly sung and ^Asuccinctly ^Estated ^A words and music he c^Ealculated ^F#m to make you sing a^Blong F#m B A E ^B with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn

^B get completely in^Acorpo^Erated ^A by some couple who ^Econsummated ^F#m all their love by the ^Bdawn F#m B A E a fa^Blling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone

^E and mouths wet^F#m and blonde hair^A brai^Bded ^A by the back room the ^Ekids all waited ^F#m to meet the man in ^Bbright green F#m B A who^B had dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon

he’s th^Ae liar wh^Eo lied in hi^Bs pop song and you’r^F#me lying when you sing^B along yes you’r^F#me lying when you sin^Bg along

^B so here’s the car seat s^Ao cruell^Ey weighted ^A and here’s to faces ^Ealready faded ^F#m at the end of a day^B F#m B A E wh^Ben they just threw away the only good thing that they owned and now they’r^Ee pinned do^F#mwn and stran^Agula-^B--ted ^A at the food court the f^Eloat’s inflated ^F#m people line up to ^Bsee F#m B A ^B the man who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon

he’s th^Ae liar wh^Eo lied in hi^Bs pop song the ^Aliar who ^Elied in his ^Bpop song and you’r^F#me lying when you sin^Bg along, oh yeah you’r^F#me lying when you sin^Bg along

^A week by week it climbs^B up and climbs on and we’r^Ee feeling all right but w^F#me know it’s all wrong ^A I’m ashamed to ^Badmit that I cannot ^Eresist what I wish were the^F#m truth but it’s not and I ^Atruly be^Elieve we’re n^Bot strong and we’l^Al sing until ou^Er voices a^Bre gone and then ^Asink beneath the ^Emanicured^B lawn

^B This is respectfully ^Adedi^Ecated ^A to the woman who ^Econcentrated ^F#m all of her love to^B find F#m B A E ^B that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song