When I woke up
I thought that she'd be gone
But she tied me to the bedpost
Threw my stuff out on the lawn
She said she knew of
Of a love that never dies
She discovered how her lover lies

She stood there silent
With anger in her eyes
In the past she never guessed it
But she finally realised
She thought she knew me
It should come as no surprise
She discovered how her lover lies

I ran around
With Lucy Brown
And Tyler too
Not long ago
I did not know she knew
She made her acquaintance
Now her patience
Is finally through

She says I'm just like
All the other guys
And she thinks that it's no wonder
At the false is on the rise
But there's one thing
I cannot comprimise
When I discover how my lover lies

Now night is falling
Thoughts running through my head
I shut my eyes over
And wakin them up dead
It have a suspect
She says it's justified
Cause she discovered how her lover lies

She found a crime
She'd wish they'd legalise
When she discovered
How her lover lies


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    corrections; in the bridge- I ran around with Lucy Brown a time or two in third verse- and she thinks that it's no wonder, that divorce is on the rise in fourth verse- Now night is falling, thoughts runnin' through my head of shuttin' my eyes sober and wakin' them up dead They'd have a suspect, she'd say she's justified

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