10000 Maniacs

10000 Maniacs - Arbor Day lyrics

[ music: natalie merchant/lyric: natalie merchant ]<br><br><br>Wide open falsehood<br>The clan destine truths<br>Rival till the end<br>In a series of duels<br>Pardon the drapery language I choose<br><br>Waltz in vienna has taught me to use<br>Every tall room a fiction<br>Leather bound treasure books<br>Up to the ceiling<br>Gold spine upon spine<br><br>The guile and the treason<br>The faith and allegiance<br><br>Wide open falsehood<br>The clan destine truths<br>Rival till the end<br>In a series of duels<br>Pardon the drapery language I choose<br><br>The author grew fat to imagine<br>His lead pen careening<br>Gave voice to the scheming<br>An aryan cabale to dethrone<br><br>The guile and the treason<br>The faith and allegiance<br>To the empire unknown<br><br>The baron and his mistress<br>Dine in fine banquet hall<br>As rebel insurgents plot in<br>The attic space crawl<br><br>Wide open falsehood<br>The clan destine truths<br>Rival till the end<br>In a series of duels<br>Pardon the drapery language I choose<br><br>His small hand did strive<br>To explain all the<br>Rants and raves of<br>A people enslaved<br><br>By the cant of the shrewdest<br>Capable men<br><br>The guile and the treason<br>The faith and allegiance<br>Now lie in my hand<br><br>The guile and the treason<br>The faith and allegiance<br>Now lie in my hand

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