TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, I LIED

Words and Music by
Carol Stone and Mickey McBride

Verse 1

WHEN I RAN INTO YOU YESTERDAY,

I SAID I’D BEEN FINE SINCE WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS,

THE PAIN IN MY HEART, I’D MANAGED TO HIDE,

BUT, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I LIED,

Chorus

I LIED WHEN I SAID I WAS OVER YOU,

I LIED WHEN I SAID I HAD FOUND SOMEBODY NEW,

I DIDN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I HURT INSIDE,

SO, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I LIED,

Verse 2

WHEN I TOLD YOU I’D FOUND SOMEONE NEW,

WHO MADE ME FEEL GOOD JUST THE WAY YOU USED TO DO,

MY EYES HELD THE TEARS I’D HIDDEN INSIDE,

‘CAUSE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I LIED,

Chorus (Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU,

WE SHARED A SPECIAL LOVE, NOW I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO,

I’LL PICK UP THE PHONE AND SWALLOW MY PRIDE,

‘CAUSE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I LIED,

Chorus (Repeat Chorus)

Copyright 1995 by Mickey McBride & Carol Stone
Copyright 1999 by Staff And Note Music Publishing Co.
Do not copy without the expressed
written consent of the copyright owner.

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