The Movie Of Your Life Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

In the movie of your life 

They'll get some real jerk to be you 

Edited so he can act 

Cast because of his tvq 

In the movie of your life 

You'll be less famous than he is 

That'll be a strange turn of events 

You'll be a cameo amongst the rushes 

And you're 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 

There's all these things you can't recall 

And things you know you didn't say 

But in the move of your life 

The truth just flirts and runs away 

And it's so plain to me 

You're happy with this parody 

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

That your joke's become your reality 

All your tricks so limp and tame 

You said you were a stage magician 

But it's only moths in light 

Heaven burnt out in collision 

It's only seats that they're booking 

In the movie of your life 

The truth won't get a look-in 

(chorus) 

Everyone knows that you're divine so we await your resurrection 

And they say that you'll be just fine 

After you dry out on the critical clothesline 

And you know it's 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 you're waiting for the next big offer 

(chorus)