Well I'm reading this poem and it's so profound And I like it's rhythm and I like it's sound It's by a very famous poet no critic can criticise And then I pause a moment and I start to realize He's tellin lies lies lies On the motel T.V. I dig the evangelist He'll tell you all about that And then he tell you all about this He's preachin' up a storm by the sea of Galilee He's mixin' up the truth with something funny I start to see I never had this problem with nobody in the government I guess I always figured they never mean what they meant And GOD help us all not to be so stone surprised When we wake up in the stars with the skies In our eyes if we keep tellin'
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