White Lies

I've written quite a few songs over the past year or two, and I'm going to try to dig some of the better ones out of my computer for the next several days and post them up here. Some are older and some are very new, but I'm going to try to put them in chronological order. Very few have been sung louder than a whisper, and none have been recorded, so I might make a podcast of one or two of them at some point. This intro is a bit long, so I'll stop now.

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(Verse)
I love this picture,
it's fantastic
The blues and reds,
they just blend, so well
I was just wondering
What is this supposed to be?
Is it a dog or a tree?

(Verse)
Oh, no daddy,
that's my mommy
and all that green, that is
her hair.
But do you still love it?
I drew it just for you.

(Pre-Chorus)
Of course, "we'll put it right up on the fridge!"

(Chorus)
You don't prepare for a "white lie,"
they just sneak up on you.
"I love it!"
"I hate her!"
"I'm [not your friend anymore!]"
But every "white lie" that "you tell"
dilutes the truth and makes reality
that much harder to find.

(Verse)
I gotta tell you
you're essay's great.
Your eloquence
just draws me in
A tiny detail, that you'll wanna check
(Pre-Chorus)
is that "you never mentioned the book!"

(Chorus)
You don't prepare for a white lie,
they just sneak up on you.
I love it!
I hate her!
I'm [not your friend anymore!]
But every white lie that you tell
dilutes the truth and makes reality
that much harder to find.

(Bridge)
Because I know
that little lies
tend to grow
and become
bigger than you can ever imagine
Like a hungry black hole
that not even the truth can escape

(Chorus)
You don't prepare for a white lie,
they just sneak up on you.
I love it!
I hate her!
I'm [not your friend anymore!]
But every white lie that you tell
dilutes the truth and makes reality
that much harder to find.

(Verse)
Yes, that's right
we just found it.
The evidence, to support creation
by the Christian God.
So if you wanna check it...
(Pre-Chorus)
Just stop off in North Korea

(Chorus*)
You don't prepare for a white lie,
they just sneak up on you.
I love it! (white lies!)
I hate her! (white lies!)
I'm [not your friend anymore!] (lies_____)
But every white lie that you tell
dilutes the truth and makes reality
that much harder to find.