tell it to the judge man tell it to your motherless reflection in a sock and one shoe after the great defection he said tell a lie sometimes tell the truth when it suits you and when you ve lost your way tell a story tell your story tell it tell it tell your story to anyone who ll listen tell your story don t stop talking just tell your story walking listing through carol gardens on the way to cobble hill i stopped at a psychic s dusty wilted windowsill forgot what she told me mostly but i remember one thing she said you may slip and call some lousy fuck your friend but in the end you ll come out even then tell your story and it s a sorry frightful thing when you want to cry but you can t keep from laughing outside the church that s so quiet it dares you to shout you put a hand to your mouth to stop the rain you do a st vitus dance to the sky you raise your voice this is your chance you have no choice you tell your story