Well I'm readin' this poem And it's so profound And I, I like it's rhythm And I, I like it's sound By a very famous poet No critic can criticise him And then I, I pause a moment And I start to realize He's tellin' Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies On the motel T.V. I dig the evangelist He tell y'all about that And then he tell y'all about this He's preachin' up a storm By the sea of Galilee He's mixin' up the truth With somethin' funny, I start to see He's tellin' Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies Well I've never had this problem Nobody in the Government I guess I always figured it They never mean what they meant And God help us all Not to be so stone surprised When we wake up in the stars With the skies in our eyes If we keep tellin' Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies, lies Lies, lies, lies Oh no Oh no I brought it to the end of the song And we didn't get a chance to jam Oh no Here we go