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Backstory:

_Produced by: George Clinton & Bill Ekhoff 
_Recorded at Bayou Recording Studio, Nashville TN.
_Engineers: Craig Johnston & George Clinton
_Mastered by George Clinton & Craig Johnston

_Bill Ekhoff - Lead Vocals
_Darryl O'Donnell - Background Vocals

_Musicians-
_Steve Holland - Drums
_Bill Hullett - Acoustic Guitar
_Dug Grieves - Electric Guitar
_Dow Tomlin - Bass
_Roger Morris - Piano, Keyboards
_Tony Paoletta - Steel Guitar, Dobro

_* Best of SongU - 2006
_©Songtown Publishing (ASCAP) 2007

Lyrics:

                                                  
VERSE 
HE BROKE THAT STOREFRONT WINDOW WITH A ROCK AND A GOOD THROW
AND AT THE STATION WE WERE QUESTIONED ON THAT MUGGY DAY
YEAH THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER RECKLESS ACT OF MY BIG BROTHER 
I KNEW THIS KIND OF TROUBLE JUST MIGHT GET HIM SENT AWAY
THE WORRIED LOOK IN HIS EYES SAID HE NEEDED HELP THIS TIME
SO I CONFESSED THAT IT WAS ME AND SOMEHOW CHANGED THEIR MIND

CHORUS
I TOLD A LIE SO HE’D FEEL BETTER 
DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS RIGHT OR WRONG
I TOLD A LIE IT WASN’T EASY 
BUT IT SCARED ME TO LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN 
SO I TOLD A LIE

VERSE 
MANY HARD YEARS LATER MY LIFE TURNED ANOTHER CORNER
I WAS STANDING AT THE BEDSIDE OF MY WIFE IN ICU
THERE’S NO WORSE KIND OF TORTURE WHEN THERE’S NOTHIN’ TO DO FOR HER
AND SHE’S JUST STARIN’ AS YOU’RE WONDERIN’ WHAT SHE’S GOIN’ THROUGH
I TOLD HER WE COULD CATCH A MOVIE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK
AND I HELD BACK THE TEARS AS SHE GAVE MY HAND A SQUEEZE

CHORUS 
I TOLD A LIE SO SHE’D FEEL BETTER 
DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS RIGHT OR WRONG
I TOLD A LIE IT WASN’T EASY 
BUT IT SCARED ME TO LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN 
SO I TOLD A LIE

BRIDGE
BACK IN THE HALLWAY LITTLE TEARY EYES LOOKED UP AT ME
I HELD EM CLOSE AND WHISPERED SHE’LL BE COMING HOME SOON WAIT AND SEE
AND WE’LL GO TO THE BEACH
	
CHORUS 
I TOLD A LIE SO THEY’D FEEL BETTER 
DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS RIGHT OR WRONG
I TOLD A LIE IT WASN’T EASY 
BUT IT SCARED ME TO LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN 
SO I TOLD A LIE

TAG
THEN I DRAGGED MYSELF BACK INSIDE AND KISSED HER GOODBYE