Lyrics

The talk swirled around this town, 
They were bound to knock you down. 
They said, “That girl is the cheating kind!” 
I didn’t pay them any mind. 
 
But I soon found out it was true, 
Everything I’d ever heard about you. 
Now, I can go on living a lie, 
Or I can go on living alone. 
 
We started out in summer sunshine, 
I thought your heart beat with mine. 
I really did believe that we had it all, 
But all too soon came the fall. 
 
I soon found out it was true, 
Everything I’d ever heard about you. 
Now, I can go on living a lie, 
Or I can go on living alone. 
 
I raced down to the lonely beach, 
The only place still in reach, 
And, as the tide pulled away from the shore, 
I watched a big black bird 
Writing in the sand. 
And though it was a large ungainly hand, 
I could plainly understand 
That solitary word, 
“Nevermore.” 
 
I soon found out it was true 
Everything I’d ever heard about you. 
Now, I can go on living a lie, 
Or I can go on living alone. 
Now, I can go on living a lie, 
Or I can go on living alone. 
 
 
Copyright © 2000 Lex Zaleta