Lyrics: Lie

Pretty as a Harlem whorehouse she could wrap you in a smile
Like nobody’s business at all
His macabre charm left him weathered and dry
Please don’t cry about it, my my my

He’s as simple as a lie
She’s as lonesome as the sky
And he drags his heels, as he walks away

Shut down there’s nothing left to say
Struck down by indifference and decay
You lie, you lie
You said you’d never go away

The books I stole you read to me
Page after page, the coal stove burning
Last cent spent, just go away
You can buy yourself another ten dollar holiday

The dreamtime shadows on the wall
Shut down there’s nothing left at all
Beneath a sane world’s alien sun
The words drip off your tired tongue
Struch down there’s nothing left to say
The changing light deny
You lie, you lie
You said you’d never go away

He’s as simple as a lie
She’s as lonesome as the sky
And he drags his heels, as he walks away