Matt Shadows their lead singer says the song was written as per request from the developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Watching the initial trailers for the game & looking at production sketches reminded him of the 'S-Town' podcast & its main protagonist, John B. McLemore. Matt also comments specifically on the lyrics: "I decided that the lyrics would shadow McLemore's life." In 2012, antiquarian horologist John B. McLemore sent an email to the staff of the show 'This American Life' asking them to investigate an alleged murder in his hometown of Woodstock, Alabama, a place McLemore claimed to despise. After a year of exchanging emails & several months of conversation with McLemore, producer Brian Reed traveled to Woodstock to investigate. Reed investigated the crime & eventually found that no such murder took place, though he struck up a friendship with the depressed but colorful character of McLemore. He recorded conversations with McLemore & other people in Woodstock. McLemore killed himself by drinking potassium cyanide on June 22, 2015 while the podcast was still in production. In the narrative of the podcast, this occurs at the end of the second episode; subsequent episodes deal with the fallout from McLemore's death while exploring more of McLemore's life & character.
Got my nose to the wheel, but I don't steal, I'm a good boy
Gonna work till I drop, I'll never stop, I'm a good boy
Oh I'm not looking for a good time girl
Oh I'm not looking for a good, looking for a good time girl
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Every time she looks at me, all my baby sees is the king of lies
The king of lies
Honey like it or not, I've changed a lot, I'm a bad boy
Got a license to tease, I wanna please, I'm a bad boy
Oh I'm looking for a good time girl
Oh I'm looking for a good, looking for a good time girl
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Every time she looks at me, all my baby sees
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies - king of lies
Oh I'm looking for a good, looking for a good time girl
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Every time she looks at me, all my baby sees is the king of lies
King of lies
Through my baby's eyes I'm the king of lies
Through my baby's eyes, the king of lies, the king of lies
Through my baby's eyes, king of lies
Gonna work till I drop, I'll never stop, I'm a good boy
Oh I'm not looking for a good time girl
Oh I'm not looking for a good, looking for a good time girl
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Every time she looks at me, all my baby sees is the king of lies
The king of lies
Honey like it or not, I've changed a lot, I'm a bad boy
Got a license to tease, I wanna please, I'm a bad boy
Oh I'm looking for a good time girl
Oh I'm looking for a good, looking for a good time girl
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Every time she looks at me, all my baby sees
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies - king of lies
Oh I'm looking for a good, looking for a good time girl
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Through my baby's eyes, I'm the king of lies
Tried to tell her I'm not that kind of guy
Every time she looks at me, all my baby sees is the king of lies
King of lies
Through my baby's eyes I'm the king of lies
Through my baby's eyes, the king of lies, the king of lies
Through my baby's eyes, king of lies
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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