Based On A True Story (Part II)

Based on a True Story (Part II)

Words and music by John Kerns © 2003 KernSongs

Verse 1

Ben wrote about his friends, I guess

Or he made them up in his head

Some had fears and some had dreams

One of them even had his old ID

They talked and smoked in excess

One of them even wound up dead

These conversations and hesitations

Make a great menagerie

Chorus

It’s these places in time, searching for answers

The kaleidoscope rotates again

Sends them back to the street, back to the pavement

Wearing out comfortable shoes

Verse 2

She loved her job and did it well

Writhed and squirmed and bobbed and knelt

Does her mom still give a rip

Cause she’s got 20’s stuck to her hip?

Did she visit Uncle Steve in the hospital last June?

Chorus

Verse 3

How many cigarettes does it take

To make or fake or break or take a Monday?

She put the ring on her finger

Last week for the last time

She knows, she knows, she knows

She knows just what he did

Chorus

Bridge

It’s gonna be September soon

Chorus 2

When you step off that plane, parched and hungover

And she’s standing there waiting for you

After a steak and a nap, how tempting it is

To put on those comfortable shoes