Between the Lines

Back to some “down home” lyrics. Is there any small town that this song wouldn’t apply to? Started out with the images of lines between people like roadways, hedges between fields and old Island party lines (telephone, religion and politics). I ended up with a song that tended toward the literal rather than the figurative.

Between the Lines

“You know who” said “this and that” to “so and so” Seems that folks were there to listen in Tried to tell “a certain someone”, all the “goings on” Until they said they’d heard the whole darn thing

Chorus:

You can’t keep a secret in a small town People try to do it all the time They don’t say the words, to hide the things they’ve heard So neighbors here, they read between the lines

“That one there” said “pass the word” to “I can’t say” News got round the village pretty fast Thought I’d be the first, to spread the very worst Turns out in the end I was the last

“That’s a shame” and “truth be told” and “quite a thing” Scandalous” and “thought I’d heard it all” Funny how the one line we’ve forgotten Warns us how “pride comes before the fall”