No one ever dares to speak It's nothing else but fantasy Don't stop it now It's make believe Make believe But one day it all will come to life Stop be quite now And I'll teach you how to fly Then away we'll go

Better leave that boy alone Y'all better leave that boy alone 'cause if they don't You know they going come back on 'em And they don't want him to come back strong I wouldn't dare get that boy going

Hush, hush, don't you dare say a word Hush, hush, don't you know the truth hurts Hush, hush, when push comes to shove it's best to keep it hush, hush My brother got out of rehab Right around Christmas time Mama made a turkey Daddy was worried he was

Everyone you love has built it And I've been working there myself And that's where I'll be With a front-row seat To watch you live your life well 'Cause your whole heart's a village Claire, don't you dare believe them I'd never leave you alone I've been

Perhaps I'll be a bird one day if I am good enough and give up all this stuff I am from a country land where beauty only grows I'd dare not ever go And should you see my sister They will not hear a word you say they don't believe in souls

Don't make me close one more door I don't want to hurt anymore Stay in my arms if you dare Or must I imagine you there Don't walk away from me I have nothing, nothing, nothing I don't really need to look Very much further I don't want to have to go

See that big blue note Over there on the counter You don't want to read that thing, man It's a real 'get you down'er But don't you dare say Nothin' else bad about her

Humans everywhere, canned, Cliche people organs rare, Don't leave your seats now, Cliche people cannot dare, Pre-flight delight, Defaced street lights, A pyramid mind fuck,

I don't care what you think, As long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness, in misery As long as it's about me, you said-a Say my name, and his in the same breath, I dare you to say they taste the same, Let the leaves fall off in the summer

Put me inside The flan in the face Don't you dare Let me back I keep the wolf from the door But he calls me up Calls me on the phone Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up Steal all my children if I don't pay the ransom