The Movie of Your Life - John Wesley Harding

In the movie of your life

Theyll get some real jerk to be you

Edited so he can act

Cast because of his tvq

In the movie of your life

Youll be less famous than he is Thatll be a strange turn of events

Youll be a cameo amongst the rushes

And youre learning all the lines

Though it was you who said them in the first place

Since then someone wrote them down

To pay for his new beach space

Theres all these things you cant recall

And things you know you didnt say

But in the move of your life

The truth just flirts and runs away

And its so plain to me Youre happy with this parody

But in a glittering instant you hold the light so we can see

That your jokes become your reality

All your tricks so limp and tame

You said you were a stage magician

But its only moths in light

Heaven burnt out in collision

Its only seats that theyre booking

In the movie of your life

The truth wont get a look-in

Everyone knows that youre divine so we await your resurrection

And they say that youll be just fine

After you dry out on the critical clothesline

And you know its all made up How come your face has ceased to be you?

All your doubts and greatest fears

They will be confirmed at the preview

Celluloid has shaped the day

And put the cat amongst the coughers

One business lunch on drugs

Now youre waiting for the next big offer