Beautiful Lies lyrics

from `Greatest Hints`, 1979, Arista Records, Inc.


Baby`s on the backstreets
with an hourglass in her hand
And they trade their allegiance
for a place to make a stand...
And she might lose perspective
But she`ll never lose control
She`s just not like that
no, not at all...

She`s studied with the wise men
and she`s run with all the fools
She brings `em on so slowly
till she`s sure they know the rules...
And then she leaves `em bleeding
with their hearts nailed to her door
and they just lie there crying...


(CHORUS:)
Beautiful lies, you could live in
All the memories
that sail on through the night...
And oh, they need her
So they`ll just close their eyes
while she makes them believe all her
Beautiful Lies...


(BRIDGE:)
Maybe, someday, somehow, someway
Someone will show her
what the pain is like...
And oh, they need her
But they`ll just close their eyes
While she makes them believe all her
Beautiful Lies...


Backlit in the doorway
Standing naked in the light
She calls my name out softly--
says, `Michael, everything`s all right...`
She tells me that she loves me
`cause that`s what I want to hear
Then she`s gone before the morning
She just disappears...

And all I`m left with are...


(CHORUS:)
Beautiful lies, you could live in
All the memories
that sail on through the night...
And oh, I need her
But I`ll just close my eyes
while she makes me believe all her
Beautiful Lies...

Beautiful Lies...
Beautiful Lies...



--words & music by Michael Stanley & Bob Pelander