Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jane Siberry
Canonical path: /siberry-jane/first-word
Related lyric paths: 6
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First Word
Read First Word lyrics by Jane Siberry on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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First Word
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In the beginning there was the word.
And the word was sent through
a thousand different telephone lines
and became garbled and distorted.
And so began the long process of sorting out
the wheat from the chaff
the milk from the whey
the truth from the lies
the night from the day.
Xylem and Phloem.
Flotsam and Jetsam.
David and Goliath.
Donner and Blitzen.
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Jane Siberry performs "First Word", and this lyric page sits inside the Jane Siberry catalog on LyroVerse.
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