Rodney Crowell - Lies Don't Lie lyrics

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