I’ve seen this silent movie reprise:
lips moving, but there’s no sound
Listen, listen only with your eyes,
Rudy Valentino is speaking now
Lips moving, but there’s no sound ...
fact projectors are taking a break
Charlie Chaplin is speaking now,
telling you all Russia news is fake
Listen, listen only with your eyes,
another silent movie is on the spin
Laugh so hard hearing the false cries,
pantomime lies moving in celluloid skin
Buster Keaton is speaking now,
crying hard listening to palace parody
Lips moving, but there’s no sound ...
throwing blame elsewhere on somebody
Muted smiles saying everything’s great,
Jean Harlow is speaking now
Secrets meetings at an office matinee,
bad actors wearing wordless frowns
Another silent movie is on the spin ...
listen, listen only with your eyes,
Rudy Valentino is speaking again
I’ve seen this silent movie reprise
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