Telling Stories by Tracy Chapman

There is fiction in the (1)__________ between
The lines on (2)________ page of memories
Write it down but it doesn't mean
You're not (3)________ (4)______________ stories
There is fiction in the space between
You and me

There is (5)______________ in the space between
You and reality
You will do and say anything
To make your (6)________________ life
Seem less mundane
There is fiction in the (7)__________ between
You and me

There's a (8)______________ fiction in the space between
You and me
A fabrication of a grand scheme
Where I am the scary monster
I eat the city and as I (9)__________ the scene
In my (10)__________________ I am laughing
In (11)________ remembrance of your bad dream
There's no one but you standing

Leave the (12)________ and the blame
For the ones who do not speak
You write the (13)__________ to get (14)______________ and compassion
And for posterity
You write the (15)__________ and make believe
There is truth in the space between

There is fiction in the (16)__________ between
You and everybody
Give us all (17)________ we need
Give us one (18)________ sad sordid story
But in the (19)______________ of the space between
Sometimes a lie is the (20)________ thing
Sometimes a lie is the (21)________ (22)__________

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