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Lies

All I do is tell the truth that no one wants to hear

The truth will set you free

But it’s the truth that they all fear

Sticking to your word is never part of the plan

It’s easier to degrade someone

Than stand up like a man

 

I never seem to get it right; maybe it’s me who got it wrong

Should I lie like the rest?

Or hold on and be strong

Is lying really all that bad, what’s really in a lie

If lying doesn’t hurt someone

Should I do it to get by?

 

No, I don’t think so; lying never feels quite right

So how do liars prosper

And live better than I might

Cause people do believe in lies with glimmer of some hope

The hope these people hang on to

Dangles like a rope

 

I’m convinced, there I said it; the truth is the only way

So I sit all alone

The chips fall where they may

**** it, I’m not like the rest, all alone on the shelf

Maybe I’m one who is the joke

In lying to myself

 

Joe Callari

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