Everybody Lies - Leo Sayer

Well they say that every dog must have its day

And to hell with anyone who’s in the way

And they’ll say that all your proof

Is just a fraction of the truth

'Cos everybody lies

They’ll tell you pride will come before a fall

And no wall can survive the wrecking ball

But like the twisting of a knife

No lie will save your life

When everything’s a case of do or die

Lie, lie, lie

Everybody lies, lies, lies

Underneath us Earth is shaking

From the mess that we’re creating

Oh it’s all a pack of lies

We bring back empty buckets from the well

Spray perfume on the most disgusting smell

Split the colours and the classes

Spread this bullshit to the masses

'Til reality is just an empty shell

And don’t get me started on the greed

People buying all the things that they don’t need

Pet rocks and great big yachts

It’s the gots and they ain’t gots

Kissing all of common sense goodbye

One day we’ll meet our maker and he’ll say

You only told the truth by inches every day

Oh but God it proved so hard

So I embellished by a yard

Everybody does it by the way

And God will strike us down we’ll go to hell

But down there we’ll all get on so very well

'Cos we’ll be sharing porky pies

With the very bestest liars

While we roast away upon the funeral pyre

Oh lies, lies, lies

Everybody lies, lies, lies

Underneath us Earth is shaking

It’s foundations we’ve been faking

As we create another stinker

To placate a penny pincher

Falling in hook, line, and sinker

Shouting 'Hey, look I’m a winner!'

If I deny, deny, deny, deny, deny