Lyrics The Lies - Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds

The Lies

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