The Rumor Lives Strong

[king_arthur]

THE RUMOR LIVES STRONG
King Arthur

There's a story goin' 'round about you and me,
I heard it from one, then two, then three,
And no matter how much I tell people they're wrong
The rumor is alive, and the rumor lives strong.

I'm not your boy, and you're not my girl
But pictures exist in the facebook world
That could give the impression there's something going on,
The rumor is alive, and the rumor lives strong.

If I was on trial
There'd be nothing for the jury to deliberate
'Cause we're not in denial
We're just trying to set the record straight.

I could print out a statement in bright red ink
But people gonna think what people gonna think
It's bouncing around like when we used to play pong -
The rumor is alive, and the rumor lives strong.

I wouldn't mind if we got together
Just to see where the story might go
But I'm not lyin', I'm just telling you
What everybody else thinks they know.

However much we say that we're just friends
That isn't gonna be where the story ends,
It's got a life of its own like old King Kong
The rumor is alive, and the rumor lives strong.

[inevitableguy]

The Rumor Lives Strong
Naked Philosophy

There's a man in the clouds
That no one has seen or heard
And he tells you what to think
Through mistranslated words

I can't believe what you believe
I don't believe it's true

The rumor of the stone tablets
And the man that was sent to earth
Holds strong in the hearts and minds
Of those who would do us harm

I can't believe what you believe
I don't believe it's true

There's a man on the street
With a sign condemning us all
'Cause he believes what he is told
That every man must fall before his god
Before his god
Must fall at the feet of his rumor

[wages]

The Rumor Lives Strong
by Hoglen and Wages

VERSE 1
look what mister gibb did
when he turned on the dead man
timmy took it to heart
that's how the death starts

VERSE 2
there's a funeral procession
walking across abbey road (in force by four)
preacher, undertaker, digger
and the southpaw ... crow

VERSE 3
the glass onion holds a clue
the walrus was really Paul
and you know in strawberry fields
John said, "I buried Paul"

VERSE 4
and if the story is true
it could really have happened
if so, the one who is new
has equal the talent... the talent

CHORUS
and the rumor lives strong
it lives on and on and on
let it live on

and if Paul is really gone
let the other one sing his song
let the rumor live on
let the rumor stay strong

VERSE 5
the mop tops have stepped aside
now sergeant pepper can come to me
he speaks of change and his
lonely hearts club identity

VERSE 6
looking through a mirror we see
"one one one ex he die"
well it's all too much to bear - if he's gone -
I still like the new guy

CHROUS

[joshmillard]

Their Ain't Love In Your Heart
by Josh Millard

I put myself right on the line
Cross my t's and dot my i's
But somehow you say you can't sign
And darlin I can't believe why

You're worried about things that you heard
Well, people talk but that don't make it true
I been straight word after word
But bent is how it comes off to you

If the rumor is stronger
than the look in my eyes
If the truth can't stand up to
some other man's lies
If you're gonna doubt me
right from the start
Darling there ain't love in your heart

Maybe I'm stuck being mistook
If being mistaken is what you need
I been a wide open book
That you can't be bothered to read

There's ain't no shame
In caution
But your paranoia's
Costing us
Everything we got

[Steve Durand]

The Rumor Lives Strong

By Steve Durand

A little birdie told me
You've been out with another man
That's why you've been avoiding me all day

I may be too trusting
But I just don't understand
Why I am finding out this way

I'd like to suspend judgement
'Till you try to explain
And give you the benefit of the doubt

But the rumor lives on
And the rumor is strong
That you're stepping out on me

Since we got together
It's always been this way
But now it's time to bring it to an end

I've got my sources
And I've got one thing to say
Don't be so sure that you can trust your friends

You try to laugh it off
Say that it's just a prank
And what I see on Facebook isn't true

But the rumor lives on
And the rumor is strong
That you're two-timing me

Did you think that you could cheat
And somehow not be found out
There are those who will gossip
And word is going to get around

Though you may deny it
I continue to believe
That where there's smoke I'll find a flame

So I'll fight fire with fire
And start a rumor of my own
'Cause honey, two can play that game

Just a well placed comment
And the word will spread
So don't be too shocked when you hear

That the rumor lives on
And the rumor is strong
That I am dumping you

[joshmillard]

Also, holy shit, I misread the title as "The Rumor Is Strong" and never re-parsed it until just now. Hrm.

[ujnhunter]

The Chthriplings (R. Mosquito & Ujn Hunter)

You've been telling people all these lies
and it's tearing me up inside
It's got me talking to myself, yeah
and I'm worried about my health

It's a wonder you're still alive
there should be needles in both your eyes

I don't know what to do
but I've got to try something new
Girl, I wish you'd tell the truth
cause the rumor lives strong with you

Can't you read the sign on the door, baby?
It's in the way that you move
I know that it's just another song, baby
but the rumor lives strong with you

Take a number at the end of the line, baby
Sit and talk to the devil all night, woo!
I wish that you'd learn to tell the truth, baby
It's always another sad song, sad!