Lying My Way (to the Truth)

Here's a poem in the guise of a country song that I have written for and dedicated to a certain country music singer-songwriter who described the process of writing a good song as nothing more than lying your way to the truth:

Lying My Way (to the Truth)

For DLJ

I thought I was rebelling,

but was only out there yelling,

just lying my way to the truth.

God held me hard in his thrall

when I thought me lord of all,

just lying my way to the truth.

Lying my way,

oh lying my way,

lying my way

to the truth.

Lying my way,

oh lying my way,

lying my way

to the truth.

God hard my way he then waylaid

when I thought I had it made,

just lying my way to the truth.

But I stumbled on ahead,

halfway-drunk and halfway-dead,

just lying my way to the truth.

Lying my way,

oh lying my way,

lying my way

to the truth.

Lying my way,

oh lying my way,

lying my way

to the truth.

Nearly made it to the pit,

but God tossed me over it;

just lying my way to the truth.

And my demons all did sigh

as they watched me go bye-bye,

just lying my way to the truth.

Lying my way,

oh lying my way,

lying my way

to the truth.

Lying my way,

oh lying my way,

lying my way

to the truth.

I don't know what DLJ would think of this song since it hearkens back to an earlier era of country sound pre-outlaw style, when a country song could sound like a hymn, and he is definitely post-outlaw, in the tradition of Waylon Jennings.