Picture Perfect Parodies

Picture perfect parodies
Of your pretty private thoughts
Are running off to play with
Melodious memories
Of the day you ran away from home
To see the silent sunrise
In the field beside the little lake
Where you held his hand and kissed his lips
When he told you that he loved you

And there's a little piece inside of you
That grows warm in the dark
And there are picture perfect parodies
Of that day down at the park
When you professed your love to him
And swore you'd never be apart
And there are picture perfect parodies
Of the day you fell apart

Stiffly whispered stories
Told to children as they slowly
Slip away to dream of angels
Are lately growing commonplace
And teddy-bears hugged hurriedly
In the shadows of the night
Are hoping to be held that way
For many years to come

And there's a little piece inside of you
That grows warm in the dark
And there are picture perfect parodies
Of that day down at the park
When you professed your love to him
And swore you'd never be apart
And there are picture perfect parodies
Of the day you fell apart

And there's a little piece inside of you
That grows warm in the dark
And there are picture perfect parodies
Of your bruised and broken heart
From where he told you that he thought
That the two of you should part
And there are picture perfect parodies
Of the day he broke your heart.