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Thread #161920   Message #3851282
Posted By: Joe Offer
19-Apr-17 - 03:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'They Lie, They Lie' song by Pete Seeger
Subject: RossPerotGuide To Answering Embarrassing Questions
Lyrics copy-pasted from John's link above:
http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie_%26_Pete_Seeger:The_Ross_Perot_Guide_To_Answering_Embarrassing_Questions

The Ross Perot Guide To Answering Embarrassing Questions
(lyrics by Calvin Trillin, music adapted by Pete Seeger)

When something in my history is found
Which contradicts the views that I propound
Or shows that I perhaps am not the guy I claim to be
Here's what I usually do

I lie
I simply boldly falsify
I look the other feller in the eye
And just deny, deny, deny
I lie

I don't apologize. Not me. Instead
I say I never said the things I said
Nor did the things some people saw me do
When confronted by some things they know are true

I lie
I simply boldly falsify
I look the other feller in the eye
And just deny, deny, deny
I lie

I hate those weasel words some slickies use
To blur their past or muddy up their views
Not me. I'm blunt. One thing that makes me great
Is that I'll never dodge nor obfuscate

I lie
I simply boldly falsify
I look the other feller in the eye
And just deny, deny, deny
I lie

appears on the Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie album, More Together Again in Concert (1994).

Also on Sowing the Seeds - the 10th Anniversary (Appleseed Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exHi3pWp7VA

Another interesting presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPaXOHOwBM4

Calvin Trillin, by the way, is a very interesting personality.