Conspiracies (Album Version)-Loudon Wainwright III

[ti:Conspiracies] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:Social Studies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.74]We don't believe in You know who [00:01.79]But we don't let the kids know it [00:03.15]We're parents who are grown ups [00:05.41]There's a line we have to toe it [00:07.97]But we're part of a conspiracy [00:09.77]About this bearded big fat guy [00:12.37]Who isn't real who never lived [00:14.26] [00:14.85]Who's old but doesn't die [00:17.75]We went to the department store [00:19.29]We climbed out on that limb [00:20.67]Told the kids that it was You know who [00:24.00]We said that bum was him [00:26.85]Then we placed them on his knee [00:29.31]To me the knee seemed rather bony [00:30.87] [00:31.55]Happily they sat though chatting with that phony [00:36.73]Told the kids we could provide the proof [00:40.18]Deceit how I hate it [00:44.58]We put out the milk and cookies [00:46.12]Yes I admit I drank and ate it [00:48.30]Then that fib about the North Pole [00:51.74]Is if any Elves could live there [00:53.46]We helped to write and send that letter [00:55.44]Knowing full well it went nowhere [00:59.95]You know who comes down the chimney [01:04.56]How could such a fat man fit [01:06.89]The whole thing is preposterous [01:08.57]Yet we get children to buy it [01:10.35]We have no shame the lies pile up [01:14.51]You think at least we'd bark [01:15.87]When we sing of red nosed reindeer [01:17.55]And snowmen who dance and talk [01:19.13] [01:22.28]Well it's just a harmless story [01:24.89]A fairytales and Christmas fun [01:31.56]Not unlike that other theory [01:35.05]The one about Gods Son [01:38.18]Where Angels talk to shepherds [01:40.31]Wise men troop after a star [01:44.11]And a Virgin has a baby [01:48.46]Boy that's fetched pretty far [01:51.94]But we adults buy that conspiracy [01:54.06]We toe and swallow that old line [01:56.99]Disappearing milk and cookies [01:58.73]What about that bread and wine [02:00.30] [02:04.20]It's enough to make you hesitate [02:07.17]It's enough to give you pause [02:11.20]Perhaps it's just as crucial [02:12.59]Kids believe in You know who [02:14.01]Conspiracies - Loudon Wainwright III