One Crazy Bird

Find yourself in the spotlight!

Actor, Actor-

You’ll get rich in a night!

Cry for me,

Sigh for me,

I love the way you lie to me.

Actor, Actor-

You find yourself in just a supporting role.

Up the ante!

Liar, Liar-

The limelight never burned so hot;

The sweat on your skin-

Or is that just stage fright?

You find yourself tripping,

Tripping over lines,

Tripping over lies.

Did you trip me?

Or did I find myself star-struck?

Actor, Actor,

Give me a word!

It’s sweet and deceptive.

You play your part well!

Play it down, play it down.

Your technique is getting shoddy-

Garish and false, is that what this is?

All the result of costumes and lighting?

Liar, Liar,

You set the bar higher.

You play a lover, a recluse, and lastly, a fighter.

Reconcile, Reconcile?

Oh, you play your part well.

Buy in, buy in.

Gilded emotion.

My rose colored glasses see it all so clear.

I find myself enthralled with your role.

How sad that you can’t live up to it!

Actor, Actor,

What’s this you say?

You want me to play the heroine in this cabaret?

Desperation, so climactic,

The show must go on!

Liar, Liar,

You give me false hope.

Raise it high, raise it high.

Drop it low, watch it falter.

This is your pleasure.

I’ll not act with you any longer;

I’m tired of Cinema, and you’ve only begun.

A Hollywood unnatural.

The lugubrious scenes,

The flamboyant pathos.

Where’s the catharsis?

It’s not to be found in you.

Actor, Actor,

You don’t want to miss your cue.

It’s curtain call,

Watch it fall,

Search for me in the crowd.

Among your adoring fans, I am not to be found.