sweet talker... Sweet Talker

smooth talker, mother fucker
casting his hooks like a skilled fisherman
talk so cheap, talk so shallow
workings of the outer mind
the instinct of impressing and luring
the evil of all evils
lines set milleniums ago
sweet talkin' sophomoric bullshit
lines become reality to a fool
how can you listen to his self-righteous crap?
a fanciful past of right place, right time
opportunities thrown upon him made opportunities to brag
the way he speaks shows he's been bullshittin' for years
doesn't mean a thing
shut up and quit your sweet talkin'
go to your naive women in single bars with your pick-up lines
I don't wanna hear your bullshit
you ain't impressin' me


written 1/14/98
©1998 Matt Henderson 4/21/76


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