Followers and phonies

Case,

Still thinking about yesterday's advice (http://www.casestudy718.blogspot.com/2012/05/wisdom-of-isbell.html), I wanted to add a few more of my thoughts on being your own man. I wrote this back near the end of my single, aggressively defiant days, and while I've changed a lot since then, my thoughts on phonies have not:

The line forms to the left

Followers and phonies
get in line and read the sign
All you bullshit artists
take your place; just pick a face
The line forms to the left
for your least resistant path
Lemmings in the front,
sheep in the baaaack

When you get up in the morning, 
how does your persona work?
Do you switch it on and off?
Do you pick it like a shirt?
When you look into the mirror,
and you pause for great effect, 
who is it you're hoping,
you're hoping to reflect?

Life is so much simpler
when you're copying off others
It's hard to be original,
not so hard to play a cover
Let others lay the groundwork
as you gripe and bitch and moan
Then co-opt a good idea
and parade it as your own

Followers and phonies
get in line and read the sign
All you bullshit artists
take your place; just pick a face
The line forms to the left
for your least resistant path
Lemmings in the front,
sheep in the baaaack

I'm a narcissistic loather
Most would say I'm pretty fucked
But for all my faults I'm real
I'm not making myself up
Not a one of us is perfect
in our houses made of glass
But I'll take the ones who throw stones 
over those who would kiss ass

Followers and phonies,
the line forms to the left
Lemmings in the front,
sheep in the baaaack


Love,
Dad