The Truth

[00:14.89]Tell 'em all I'm on vacation
[00:21.53]Say I went to visit friends
[00:28.98]That you ain't heard or seen from me in quite a while
[00:35.44]When they ask you where I've been
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[00:41.65]Tell 'em I'm out there on the West Coast
[00:45.68]Where it don't ever rain
[00:48.78]And that I'm probably doing fine
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[00:55.06]Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy
[01:01.70]That I'm still strung out over you
[01:08.35]Tell 'em anythin' you want to
[01:11.83]Just don't tell 'em all the truth
[01:15.37]Yeah, don't tell 'em all the truth
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[01:25.05]Tell 'em all I'm out in Vegas
[01:31.00]Blowin' every dollar I ever made
[01:38.39]Tell 'em that I must be into somethin' bad for me, 'cause
[01:45.23]I sure lost a lot of weight
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[01:51.81]Tell 'em I'm out on the road
[01:54.97]With some old rock and roll band
[01:58.95]Living like a gypsy can
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[02:05.22]Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy
[02:11.81]That I'm still strung out over you
[02:18.52]Tell 'em anythin' you want to
[02:21.88]Just don't tell 'em all the truth
[02:25.67]Yeah, don't tell 'em all the truth
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[02:34.49]The truth is that I'm askin' you to lie
[02:38.55]And we both know that it ain't right
[02:41.94]But if you ever loved me
[02:44.24]Please have some mercy on me
[02:51.07]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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[03:02.00]Tell 'em anything you want to
[03:05.41]Just don't tell 'em all the truth
[03:08.95]Yeah, don't tell 'em all the truth
[03:16.97]I still need you
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[03:23.24]Yeah, that's the truth
[03:30.31]I still love you
[03:36.28]Baby, that's the truth
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