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HOUSE OF LIARS
Written by DOUGLAS & TUCKER / Copyright 1997 YUMMY POP TUNES (ASCAP)


TWIST YOUR WORDS INTO ANOTHER SHAPE
THAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE
TAKE THE GREATEST TRUTH
AND THROW IT TO THE WEB OF LIES
STORIES YOU SPIN CHANGE CLOTHES
DEPENDING ON THE LATEST COMPANY
I NEED A WITNESS HERE
TO GET ME SOME CONSISTENCY

THE FINEST ARCHITECT HAS BUILT THE HOUSE OF LIARS
DON'T TRUST THE ROOF THAT'S OVERHEAD
THE BASEMENT'S CRACKED
AND LEAKS HAVE FILLED THE HOUSE OF LIARS
IT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD, IT'S WHAT YOU SAID

CHANGE YOUR TUNE INTO SOME STRANGE MELODY
THAT I DON'T SEEM TO KNOW
ORCHESTRATE THE TALLEST TALE
THEN SAY IT ISN'T SO
THE FACTS ARE STRETCHED AS THIN
AS ONE CAN TRY TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE
DANGLE  FROM THE NOOSE
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH ROPE

(CHORUS)

DECEIT IS ONLY MEASURED BY YOUR IMAGINATION
DON'T KNOW WHO YOU WANT TO IMPRESS
TO ME, YOU'RE JUST THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT OF
FABRICATION
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU EXPRESS

(CHORUS)

 

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