The Mayor of Candor Lied

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"The Mayor of Candor Lied" is a song written and sung by Harry Chapin. It was released on his 1976 album On the Road to Kingdom Come. The song tells the story of the son in a farming family anxious to marry the daughter of the town's mayor, even if he must go so far as to blackmail the mayor to get his way.