Liar Lyrics - My Better Self - Dar Williams

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