Lyrics Dar Williams

Dar Williams

Liar

Out where the children all get their own rooms

Where they stir coffee with old silver spoons in their mansions

There's a girl that the whole town can see

Doesn't fit in but they all know that she understands them

And they want to know where the kid came from

She won't tell anyone

But they know she's a liar that's what they know

She's a liar that's what they know

You do what you have to do

Maybe you could be a liar too

There's a school where she goes everyday

Everything that you could want, if you pay you can find there

She came in with a dream and a plan

Learned how to use movie cameras and started to shine there

And they want to know where the kid came from

She won't tell anyone

But they know she's a liar that's what they know

She's a liar that's what they know

And if she had to

She could turn the camera right on you

As for the teachers they all knew her crime

When she was everyday always on time, they saw through her

She took the train from the city at dawn

Broke through the woods and she crept through the lawns to her future

So maybe they know where the kid came from

They won't tell anyone

And they know she's a liar, well, that's what they know

She's a liar just because

She reached higher they are so proud

Of their liar they are so proud

You do what you have to do

Maybe you could be a liar too