lies don't lie

be careful what you say

don't meddle with your friends

one loose conversation

just might put you in the end

your smooth reputation

just goes falling by the way

stranded in some parking lot

with no face left to save

lies

don't lie

baby don't tell lies

it's a little play on words

so don't misunderstand

that someone you once knew so well

has turned the other hand

secrets told in haste

are just written on the wall

burning 'cross the mountain tops

it's hard to learn to fall

lies

don't lie

baby don't tell lies

it ain't nobody's business

what you're thinking to yourself

keeping your mind on your own time

ain't got no line on nobody else

if it ain't what you said

then someone misconstrued

they must have missed your meaning

by the way it looks on you

i never meant to hurt my friends

and every time i did

words i chose to speak

my heart just ran away and hid

lies

don't lie

baby don't tell lies

it ain't nobody's business

what you're thinking to yourself

keeping your mind on your own time

ain't got no line on nobody else

be careful what you say

if it ain't something good

if it ain't what you wanna hear

around the neighborhood

you better keep your hat pulled down

low around your ears

don't listen to the idle words

that you once spoke so clear

lies

don't lie

baby don't tell lies

yeah i'd save the lies

baby lies don't lie