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lyrics

Big White Lies

Somebody asked me if the sun was really shining and if it's different if I stand next to you
If you can stand in the sun Listen and worship the sun

Of course I can't explain the force of the sea A poisoned power with a will to be free
Yet it prays up and down to the sun While you sway up and down like the moon

Fool my eyes with illusion Set the clock with my hands
tied to my head in the sand

Big White Lies in the sunny skies (Big White Lies, White Lies)
Darkness surrounding my head (Round my head)
I'm alright when I'm in the light (I'm alright, all right)
Black on white brings truer sight ahead (I'm ahead)

The talk I make encounters trouble every minute The story doesn't move as fast as before
the pitch impossible I see and won't admit it The underground is shaking down to the core
and I won't crawl into the earth Just burn me up with the earth

Big White Lies in the sunny skies (Big White Lies, White Lies)
Darkness surrounding my head (Round my head)
I'm alright when I'm in the light (I'm alright, all right)
Black on white brings truer sight ahead (I'm ahead)

I'm bowing down and bowing the strings of disgrace and delight
I break the silence and bring the daybreak back to the light [solo]

I'm warming up to thoughts I never thought I'd dream of
Somebody asked me if this house is on fire
You can't start the fire in my room Until you lasso the moon
Fool the crowd with confusion, promising a dock to the Land
Dying with the Head of command

Big White Lies in the sunny skies (Big White Lies, White Lies)
Darkness surrounding my head (Round my head)
I'm alright when I'm in the light (I'm alright, all right)
Black on white brings truer sight ahead (I'm ahead)

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from Headful of Words - Best of CvS Vol. 1, released March 25, 2004
Recorded at Ordophon-upon-Avon, Brilliant Studios, SF Jim LeBlanc - Drums; CvS - instruments and vocals

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Chris von Sneidern San Francisco, California

Chris von Sneidern (CvS) is a San Francisco-based singer/songwriter and recording artist with thirteen critically acclaimed, self-produced albums. CvS has entertained audiences with his music in Japan, Spain, and throughout the UK and USA. He owns and operates a commercial recording studio in San Francisco. ... more

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