It's a Wonderful Lie

It was pointed out to me recently that I do not feature nearly enough Replacements on here. This is unquestionably true.

And yet I shall not rectify that at this precise point in time because I am a rebel. Or an idiot. Or just a jerk.

Instead, I present an acoustic Paul Westerberg performance of a song off his third album, a song I was only barely familiar with until discovering this here video.

You are collectively welcome. 

It’s a Beautiful Lie

Get up from a dream and I look for rain
Take an  amphetamine and a crushed rat brain
How am I feelin’
Better, I  suppose
 
How am I lookin’, I don’t want the truth
What am I doin’, I ain’t in my youth
I’m past my prime or was that just a pose
 
It’s a wonderful lie
I still get by on those
 
I’ve been accused of never opening up
You get too close and I keep my mouth shut
I’m gonna run to the wind where the big bad city blows
 
It’s a wonderful lie, I still get by on those
It’s a wonderful lie, I still get by
 
You can dress to the eights, you can dress to maim
Make you feel great, this fortune and fame
Wearing too much makeup, not near enough clothes
 
It’s a wonderful lie, I still get by on those
It’s a wonderful lie, I still get by 
 
So don’t pin your hopes or pin your dreams
To misanthropes or guys like me
And the truth is overrated, I suppose
 
It’s a wonderful lie, I still get by on those
It’s a wonderful lie, I still get  

Comments

[shannon]

I, too was unfamiliar with this song. I totally love it. Thanks for sharing.