The Songs

C/G G Am, F 2x C/G G she sang the songs that buckled knees Am charcoal silhouettes of the waking geese F the music man's waistcoat was frail disguise C/G they don't want truth just tell better lies -- G blockbuster faces in magazines Am the seamstress for bedsheets on halloween F the lukewarm applause the failed perjuries C/G they don't want truth they just want to believe -- G go now to rest she said at dawn Am her wet summer dress on the compressed lawn F I said it has not been enough to try C/G they don't want truth just tell better lies -- G gathered the hillside was clean and shone Am we hit the dry drums with coyote bones F psalm 23 in the eulogy C/G they don't want truth they just want to believe -- G time busted engines barked and choked Am forgotten for useless as wedding coats F the towers of men the starving ford C/G he don't want truth he wants something more -- G subcontracted gardeners for cul de sacs Am slow moving parades of white cadillacs F the national mascot, the savior sighs C/G they don't want truth just tell better lies -- G feed still the fire it looms the night Am the laughter full dinner the table white F they gave their longing to flickering screens C/G they don't want truth they just want to believe -- C/G G Am, F C/G