I didn't do it!
That's not mine.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
It starts simply enough
as children
testing boundaries
pushing limits
seeing how far you can go.
Getting older, teenage trials
I'm going to study at Karen's.
Of course his parents will be there.
I don't even like beer.
Tumbling into young adulthood
scared
unprepared
not ready to take on the world.
I can't come into work.
I'm sick
With the flu.
Stomach flu.
Maybe I'll be better in the morning.
Full adulthood hits unexpectedly
marriage
children
mortgages
What are we having for dinner?
And you find the lying never stops
I'm not tired.
Yes, it's the same fish.
Of course, I'd love to hear you sing it again.
And in a stray, free moment
so few and far between
you wonder
how things might have been
different?
similar?
boring?
if the lies never began.