Magpie
Linda Ronald Lyrics

You had your time
You had your moment of success and attention

In the sun
In the spotlight

Flying so high, you caught their eyes
You soared to great heights and captured their attention

Every single one
Every individual who saw you

You played your role
You acted the part

The girl that you wanted to be
The persona you desired to portray

You made them believe
You convinced them

Let them see what they wanted to see
You showed them what they desired

You fed them dreams
You provided them with illusions

They swallowed them whole
They fully believed and accepted them

The bigger the lies
The more elaborate the falsehoods

The stronger their hold
The firmer their grip on their beliefs

You started to believe
You began to believe your own fabrications

The tall tales you told
The extravagant stories you shared

You started to forget
You began to lose sight of

All that glitters isn't gold
Not everything that appears attractive is valuable or genuine

Magpie say goodbye
Farewell, deceptive one

To your thieving days
To the days of deceit

Magpie ain't no one got time
No one has time for your dishonest ways, magpie

For your lying ways
For your tendency to deceive

When you laid down
When you rested

Alone in your bed
By yourself on your bed

Did it keep you awake
Did it prevent you from sleeping

Keeping them straight, the lies in your head
Maintaining order, the falsehoods in your mind

Starting over again
Beginning anew

Would you change your ways
Would you alter your behavior

Or is your mind just bent
Or is your thinking fixed

Towards the day you get out of this cage
Towards the day you escape from confinement

And your mama says she knows that they raised you straight
And your mother claims she knows that you were taught good morals

And your daddy, he don't know when you lost your way
And your father is unaware of the moment you deviated from the right path

And your friends, they're left trying to separate
And your friends are left attempting to distinguish

The truth from lies, and while they try
The truth from falsehoods, and as they endeavor

It's gonna be some time till you fly again
It will take some time before you regain your freedom and success

Magpie say goodbye
Farewell, deceptive one

To your thieving days
To the days of deceit

Magpie ain't no one got time
No one has time for your dishonest ways, magpie

For your lying ways
For your tendency to deceive