The Lie Song - A Song for Our Time!

Aren't you tired of all the lies that are going around?

Everywhere you look... lies, lies and more lies. Fake news, false reports and false evidence too. So I decided to write a song about lies - The Lie Song!

I hope you will like it!

Here are the lyrics of the song:

You cannot make a lie stand with a thousand legs You cannot make a lie stand on the mountain top It will come straight tumbling down down When the truth stands Oh you cannot make a lie stand with a thousand legs.

Chorus:

But you can stand up for the truth
That’s the only chance you’ve got
Cos no matter how it’s hidden
It’ll come right out on top.
If you tell a thousand lies
Just one truth will kill them all
Cos you cannot make a lie stand
Even if you’re tall.

You can run around the whole world and come right back Cos your lie will still be waiting to stare at you You can pay someone the whole world to lie for you But you cannot hold the truth in a thousand chains.

Written by Henrietta Decruz

- Copyright 2019

Revisiting my journey in writing

I began writing while in school, but the first thing I wrote which was published publicly was a 'Letter to the Editor' written in 1985, when I was a teenager!

This was followed by poems published by 'Teenager' magazine in July 1986 and January 1987. They were titled 'Autumn' and 'The Reawakening.'

I wrote a piece titled 'Humanity' a neighborhood newsletter titled 'Vicinity.' It feels very relevant today as it fits with what is happening due to the war in Ukraine. It was published in February 1987.

 

I must thank my school 'St. Francis Desales School (SFS, Janakpuri) and especially my teacher Anies Sebastian for being the first person to teach me about poetry writing. I began in Class V and never stopped! It became a lifeline for me, literally! Thank you Anies Ma'am! All the 'thank you's' I say will not be enough, it has made such a huge difference in my life.