LITTLE LIES

Jimmy sits still, looking at his feet, thinking of what he will say, now that he’s been indiscreet,

His wife knew it all along, but never would she say, it’s just another little lie, that gets her though her day.

Those little lies, that we all hide, deep underneath our skin,

You have them too, just like I do, they’ll come out in the end.

Jane’s not very bright, but that’s all right, she’s lovely just the same,

So cute and nice, no bad advice, too bad she’s slightly lame.

Those little lies, that we all hide, to keep them in the dark,

The jokes on you, cause they all knew, right from the very start.

Tims a little thin, no rent for him, his paychecks spent again,

Says his mothers sick, said it too quick, the landlord smiles and asks him when.

A little lie, just gone awry, no harm intended there,

I’ll go confess, forget the rest, now all is good and fair.

That stately politician then, seems just like many men, except he woke up in someone else’s glen.

He’s not been exposed, the dirty louse, still throwing rocks at another’s house.

A dirty lie, and not so little, but don’t think that the scores yet settled,

Someday he’ll get, his just rewards, we all will, in our separate wards.

Those little lies that we all share, will come out someday in the air,

And if we’re quick and sharp of wit, we’ll still dance awhile, in that sand of quick.

But you’ll will miss your step, and down you’ll go, to the land of reckoning, deep down below.

Those little lies, yes aren’t they dear, to help you out if trouble’s near,

Not me, of course, I’m saintly pure, I’ll be one of the first that’s burned.

Those little lies, that we all hide, deep underneath our skin,

You have them too, just like I do, they’ll come out in the end.