
Date of issue: 28.11.2013
Record label: Lost and Lonesome
Song language: English
Fiction |
It seems too good to be true |
But there’s a girl in Kansas City |
With my favourite tattoo |
Oh why would I lie to you? |
This was in another century |
Somewhere near the summer’s end |
The fahrenheit was frightening |
I was awake the whole weekend |
Invited to a barbecue |
I found refuge in the kitchen |
Discussing post-war US literature |
With a girl whose upper arm read «fiction» |
Like it might have been typewritten |
I asked her its significance |
She said she sometimes took reminding |
What she wanted to be doing |
Whether reading it or writing |
I admitted admiration |
For both typeface and intent |
And said more softly — sotto voce — |
I knew too well what she meant |
She just smiled |
And in a while she went |
For a time I forgot this ever took place |
She left her bottle on the bookcase |
So though I leave you little option |
But to take me at my word |
I assure you, dearest listener |
That it happened as you’ve heard |
A beer left on a bookshelf |
At a bygone barbecue |
By a girl from Kansas City |
With my favourite tattoo |
Oh why would I lie to you? |
Oh why would I lie to you? |
Oh why would I lie? |
Name | Year |
---|---|
T-Shirt Weather | 2008 |
Summer Town | 1994 |
21 | 1994 |
Umbrella | 1994 |
Victor Trumper | 1994 |
Tree | 1994 |
Fridge Magnet Song | 1994 |
Andrew's Pleasure | 1995 |
English Murder Mystery | 1995 |
Weatherboard | 1995 |
Birthday Present For Katrina | 1995 |
Clever Hans | 1994 |
The Year Of Driving Languorously | 2001 |
Tale Of Two Cities | 1995 |
Run Spot Run | 1995 |
Cliched Title For Kris | 1995 |
Silver Friends | 1995 |
Snug | 1995 |
I Am About To Sail | 1995 |
Cat In Sunshine | 1995 |