BOOK OF LIARS

(Walter Becker)

By and by girl
We’ll get over
The things we’ve done and the things we’ve said
But not just now girl
’Cause I can’t remember
Exactly what it was I thought we had

You know I waited so long girl and I came so far
To see that you’re not always who you say you are

And there’s a star in the book of liars by your name
There’s a star in the book of liars by your name

Santa Claus came home
Late last night
Drunk on Christmas wine
Fell down hard
Out in the driveway
Hung his bag out on the laundry line

He’s got a Cobra Gunship for his golden boy
And there’s a Hello Kitty for his pride and joy

And a silver star in the book of liars by your name
They hung a star in the book of liars by your name

Stars exploding
The long night passing
Electrons dancing in the frozen crystal dawn
Here’s one left stranded
At the zero-crossing
With the whole of his half-life left to carry on

But the world’s much larger than it looked today
And if my bad luck ever blows me back this way

I’ll just look in my book of liars for your name
You know I gotta look in the book of liars for your name