Lies
Stan Lyrics

At last the kids are gone now for the day
Finally, the children have left for school and she can have some free time.

She reaches for the coffee as the school bus pulls away
As the school bus drives off, she grabs a cup of coffee.

Another day to tend the house and plan
She has another day of housework and thinking about upcoming events.

For Friday at the Legion when she's dancing with her man
She is looking forward to Friday when she can dance with her partner at the Legion.

Sure was a bitter winter but Friday will be fine
Although the winter was harsh, she believes that Friday will be a good day.

And maybe last year's Easter dress will serve her one more time
She wonders if she can wear her dress from last Easter again.

She'd pass for twenty nine but for her eyes
If not for the lines around her eyes, she could pass for a twenty-nine-year-old.

But winter lines are telling wicked lies
The lines on her face from winter are deceiving because they make her look older.

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The lines on her face are lies.

Is this the face that won for her the man
She questions whether her current appearance is what attracted her partner to her.

Whose amazed and clumsy fingers put that ring upon her hand
She remembers how her partner put a ring on her finger with awe and clumsiness.

No need to search that mirror for the years
She doesn't need to check the mirror to see how much time has passed.

The menace in their message shouts across the blur of tears
The lines on her face are a reminder of how quickly time has passed and they bring her to tears.

So this is beauty's finish! Like Rodin's "Belle Heaulmie're"
She laments that her current appearance is beauty's end, similar to the sculpture "Belle Heaulmie're" by Rodin.

The pretty maiden trapped inside the ranch wife's toil and care
She is the pretty young girl who is now trapped by the responsibilities of being a ranch wife.

Well, after seven kids, that's no surprise
It's expected that she aged after giving birth to seven children.

But why cannot her mirror tell her lies
She wonders why her reflection can't deceive her and make her feel younger.

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The lines on her face are lies.

Then she shakes off the bitter web she wove
She tries to let go of her negative thoughts.

And turns to set the mirror, gently, face down by the stove
She puts the mirror face down on the stove.

She gathers up her apron in her hand
She picks up her apron.

Pours a cup of coffee, drips Carnation from the can
She pours coffee and adds condensed milk from a can.

And thinks ahead to Friday, 'cause Friday will be fine!
She looks forward to Friday and believes it will be a good day.

She'll look up in that weathered face that loves hers, line for line
She will look into her partner's face, with all its wrinkles, that loves her.

To see that maiden shining in his eyes
She will see the young woman that he fell in love with in his eyes.

And laugh at how her mirror tells her lies
She will laugh at how her own reflection fooled her into believing she looked older.

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The lines on her face are lies.