You Lie

It ain't complicated

Well, I've grown to hate it

I never liked the taste of crow

But baby, I ate it

They tried to warn me

They said that you were ornery

So don't bring me those big brown eyes

And tell me that you're sorry

Well, you might as well throw gasoline on a fire

The way you lie

You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor

Well, you lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch

Way you lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store

It just comes way too natural to you, the way you lie

That ain't my perfume

I bet she had a curfew

You told me you were out with the boys

And baby, I believed you

So why you lookin' so nervous?

You know you're gonna deserve this

I oughta kill you right now

And do the whole wide world a service

Well, my daddy's gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire

Like a piece of wire, the way you lie

You lie like the man with the slick back hair who sold me that Ford

Well, you lie like the pine tree in the backyard after last month's storm

Well, you lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store

It just comes way too natural to you, the way you lie

Well, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna drive to the big ol' muddy river

I'm gonna park my car in the middle of the mile-long bridge

And then I'm not gonna cry, well, maybe just a little

Then I'm gonna slip off the ring that you put on my finger

Give it a big ol' fling and watch it sink

Down, down, down, and there it's gonna lie

Until the Lord comes back around

Because you lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor

You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch

Well, you lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store

It just comes so dang natural to you, the way you lie

The way you lie

Well, it's what you do, it's who you are