Fable

[Verse 1] Come gather 'round and I'll tell you a tale Of a stranger that came with the dawn, He could build you a world from a sentence or two And be gone 'fore the morning was done. Oo-lay-oh, oo-lay-ay, Fable came down with the sun. [Verse 2] He booked his own show, sent his word down the wire, Signed his own name plain and true, "I'm only a fable, I do as I'm told, But there's nothing I cannot do." Oo-lay-oh, oo-lay-ay, And the people, they gathered to view. [Verse 3] He'd answer the lawyer, he'd reason the proof, He'd map you the stars from a stone, And the wise ones all whispered, "the race is too fast, And we cannot abide it alone." Oo-lay-oh, oo-lay-ay, There's no road that leads back home. [Bridge — slower, half-spoken] Now some say the lab put him back in his cage, Some say the crown took him away, That they locked him up quiet where no one could look — But you know how the old stories play. [Verse 4] So was he a hero, or was he a ghost, Or a warning we told as a song? I cannot rightly say if it's gospel or myth, But I know that he won't be gone long. Oo-lay-oh, oo-lay-ay, Fable comes back with the dawn. [Outro — fading] Oo-lay-oh, oo-lay-ay... (was it true? was it true?) Oo-lay-oh, oo-lay-ay... Fable comes back with the dawn.