Arbor Day Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

Wide open falsehood 

The clan destine truths 

Rival till the end 

In a series of duels 

Pardon the drapery language I choose 

Waltz in Vienna has taught me to use 

Every tall room a fiction 

Leather bound treasure books 

Up to the ceiling 

Gold spine upon spine 

The guile and the treason 

The faith and allegiance 

Wide open falsehood 

The clan destine truths 

Rival till the end 

In a series of duels 

Pardon the drapery language I choose 

The author grew fat to imagine 

His lead pen careening 

Gave voice to the scheming 

An Aryan cabale to dethrone 

The guile and the treason 

The faith and allegiance 

To the empire unknown 

The baron and his mistress 

Dine in a fine banquet hall 

As rebel insurgents plot in 

The attic space crawl 

Wide open falsehood 

The clan destine truths 

Rival till the end 

In a series of duels 

Pardon the drapery language I choose 

His small hand did strive to explain 

All the rants and raves of a people enslaved 

By the cant of the shrewdest capable men 

The guile and the treason 

The faith and allegiance 

Now lie in my hand 

The guile and the treason 

The faith and allegiance 

Now lie in my hand