Why I Lie

[Verse 1]

If you ask me why I lie to you

I couldn't tell you I don't know myself

Its amazingly dishonest

But I'd have to recognize it

As part of myself

[Verse 2]

Straighten up

Why can't you straighten up

I've heard you tell me this

So many times

It doesn't even stick

I get it all the time

I get it all the time

You know I love to make

A joke of it

[Verse 3]

And if you ask me why I hurt you

I don't understand it

I can't help myself

Its a special combination

Of predatory instinct

And simple ill will

[Chorus]

I would give some thought to it

If I thought that it might do me

Some good

Some good

[Verse 4]

Straighten up

Why can't you straighten up

You always say I'll lose

Control of it

And thirty is not too old

[Chorus]

Well, Mama, I would give some thought to it

If I thought that it might do me

Some good

Some good

Some good

Some good