It's All True

Written while living in the Breslin Hotel at Tin Pan Alley
Written to the memory of Mark Lieberman
  ©1997 Joe Matzzie
©p2000 There's Been A Publishing, ASCAP
Appears on the album "It's All True"

High Tide
Across the field.
You had painted my name upon your shield
How many times
To be exact
Have I defended when you were attacked

I'm goin' live forever
In the wake of you
I've heard all the stories.
I tell myself that it's all true.

Your eyes
Had seen it all
Had watched the glasses shake, the water fall.
How many times
To be precise
Have you made high art out of bad advice.

And what's left remaining
Will become the glue
And who's left complaining
They tell themselves that it's all true.

And God bless
Your matron queen.
She is the patron saint of recurring theme.
I still regret
Not Staying home.
I don't know when I next will be in Rome.

And if this reminds you of another song you've heard
Well it reminds me of a few.
But if you feel it, then you've got to steal it.
When they ask you for sources tell em it's all true.