Telling Stories by Tracy Chapman

There is (1)______________ in the (2)__________ between
The (3)__________ on your page of memories
Write it down but it doesn't mean
You're not just (4)______________ stories
There is fiction in the space between
You and me

There is (5)______________ in the space between
You and reality
You will do and say anything
To make (6)________ everyday life
Seem (7)________ mundane
There is fiction in the space between
You and me

There's a science (8)______________ in the (9)__________ between
You and me
A (10)______________________ of a grand scheme
Where I am the scary monster
I eat the city and as I (11)__________ the scene
In my spaceship I am laughing
In your remembrance of (12)________ bad dream
There's no one but you standing

Leave the pity and the blame
For the (13)________ who do not speak
You (14)__________ the words to get (15)______________ and compassion
And for posterity
You write the words and (16)________ believe
There is (17)__________ in the space between

There is fiction in the space between
You and everybody
Give us all (18)________ we need
Give us one (19)________ sad sordid story
But in the fiction of the space between
Sometimes a lie is the best thing
Sometimes a lie is the (20)________ (21)__________

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