The Lies - Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds

I’m the operator of a broken down machine

Ugly on the fenders and ugly in-between

Making love on benders to a tiny little screen

Nothing good is ever what it seems

I’m a tired donkey that’s all abuzz with flies

Making smell that poker tell when something’s about to die

I lied all god damn morning, I lied here in this bed

I lied to all their faces and this is what I said

Baby girl, I love you and today I feel alright

I didn’t fuck around with any wives at Brown’s last night

I’m not afraid of living and I’m not afraid to die

When the law man comes to get me, I’ll go with this smile

The truth is that I stood too long among the pits and palms

The truth is that these rotten bits have languished much too long

The truth is that the truth is something behind me long gone

White bones on the road blanching on the sun

El Dorado’s gold, the skulls, and sepulcrum

The legacy of DeLeon, I’m the buzzing of the flies

One last sunset always needs one more to these damned eyes

Tell her that I love her and then slap her when she cries

(That's right?)

I ain’t one for messy, long goodbyes

Baby girl, I love you and today I feel alright

I didn’t fuck around with any wives at Brown’s last night

I’m not afraid of living and I’m not afraid to die

When the law man comes to get me, I’ll go with this smile

Cause I lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie

I lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie

I lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie