[Intro]
[Light Funk Guitar, Bass Groove, Snare Rim Clicks]
Uh-huh…
Really now?
Tell me more…
(More than before)
[Verse 1]
Standing there with knowing eyes
Acting like it’s no surprise
Every word already guessed
Like you’ve passed some secret test
Nodding slow, like you’ve been told
Stories newer, somehow old
But I’m hearing this for the first time
Tryin’ to catch the punchline
[Pre-Chorus]
You lean in like it’s breaking news
But I’m just trying to choose
If I should laugh or play along
To this “truth” that feels so wrong
[Chorus]
Oh, is that so
(You don’t say)
Whoa, I didn’t know
(You don’t say)
Funny how it comes and goes
(You don’t say)
Like everybody else supposed
(You don’t say)
[Refrain]
What’d he say
(He didn’t say)
Day after day
(He doesn’t say)
Lost in what they claim to know
(But nobody saw it go)
Round and round the same cliché
(You don’t say)
[Verse 2]
Rumors dressed up as advice
Recycled truth, overpriced
Everyone’s an expert now
On when, where, who, and how
But when I ask for something clear
It disappears into the air
Suddenly no one was there
Or nobody will swear
[Pre-Chorus]
Funny how it all depends
On who retells it to their friends
Same old story, slightly bent
By the time it’s re-presented
[Chorus]
Oh, is that so
(You don’t say)
Whoa, I didn’t know
(You don’t say)
Breaking news that’s overplayed
(You don’t say)
Like it’s something freshly made
(You don’t say)
[Refrain]
What’d he say
(He didn’t say)
Day after day
(He doesn’t say)
Everybody’s got a way
(To misquote what they convey)
Truth just slips and walks away
(You don’t say)
[Bridge – Minimal Groove, Spoken/Mocking Tone]
Oh really?
You don’t say…
No, I would’ve never guessed…
Amazing how that gets expressed…
[Breakdown – Bass-Driven, Half-Time Beat]
Say it again…
But different…
Change the end…
It’s distant…
[Final Chorus – Full Band, Bright but Sarcastic Energy]
Oh, is that so
(You don’t say)
Whoa, I didn’t know
(You don’t say)
Everything is hearsay
(You don’t say)
But it’s gospel every day
(You don’t say)
[Outro – Fading Groove, Repeated Whispered Hook]
You don’t say…
You don’t say…
Funny how it goes that way…
From the album “Stranger Than Fiction“