Lyin' Through My Teeth

(S. Walker)

I don't know about you but I've been lying through my teeth
All this love that supposed to be roses is just make believe
This trauma don't make me feel warmer I need some relief
I need to reveal What I feel ... Underneath

The moment I saw you
I knew I abhorred your smile
And the glint in your eyes
I despised all the while
And those cute little dimples
Didn't cover the pimples
They just made 'em stand out some more
I lied when I sighed I love you...down at the mall

Oh, where has it gone (It's gone away)
Tell me what's wrong (You make me feel grey)
Is this so long? (I guess you could say)
This is a sad song (Its the price that you pay)
When I told you I loved you You said to me "I do"
It happened so fast I was lost
Now all that I think as I sink is the pain that it cost (The pain that it cost)

Our ten years of marriage
A lover's miscarriage, a joke
The wedding passport to some
Bedding green light for a poke
The honeymoon festival of gloom
A cruise on the high seas
A sail down the drain
Confetti?I head to the jetty And jump off again

The angels did sing
When I slipped that ring on your finger
But that warm inner glow
That young lovers know didn't linger
After six months or less I have to confess
That I'd rather spend time at the pub
Than to hang round the kitchen
Listnin' to you bitch 'bout love

Oh, where has it gone (It's gone away)
Tell me what's wrong (You make me feel grey)
Is this so long? (I guess you could say)
This is a sad song (Its the price that you pay)
When I told you I loved you You said to me "I do"
It happened so fast I was lost
Now all that I think as I sink is the pain that it cost (The pain that it cost)

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