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10 Sep 03 - 07:56 AM (#1016185) Subject: Lyrics request - 'I Told Her Lies' From: Splott Man Has anyone got the words down for "I Told Her Lies" by Robbie Fulks yet. Not strictly folk but a highly entertaining song if sung in the right spirit. Cheers |
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10 Sep 03 - 11:25 AM (#1016314) Subject: RE: Lyrics request - 'I Told Her Lies' From: Sorcha No luck. |
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12 Sep 03 - 07:14 PM (#1017876) Subject: RE: Lyrics request - 'I Told Her Lies' From: Jim Dixon "I Told Her Lies" appears on Robbie Fulks' album "South Mouth," Bloodshot CD 23, 1997. Here's what I transcribed from a sound sample at Yahoo! Shopping > Music: ... quicker than a rifle shot, And when the justice said, "Now, do you swear?" I gazed into her eyes, And in a voice sincere with fingers crossed, I told her lies. Yeah, I told her lies. I told her lies, Big and little, long and tall, every shape and size, Till when I heard the word "forever." 'Twas then I realized I couldn't tell her what I thought, so I told her lies. Now as the years went drifting by, temptation slowly grew. I’d stalk a tramp from time to time. I even slept with two…. |
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29 Dec 11 - 05:27 PM (#3281692) Subject: Lyr Add: I TOLD HER LIES From: Jim Dixon I TOLD HER LIES As sung by Robbie Fulks on "South Mouth" (1997) 1. I took my baby home one night after a picture show. She said, "Rob, I'd like to take you in, but first I need to know: Is it my body that you want, or the real girl inside?" So I looked deep into my heart and I told her lies. CHORUS: Yeah, I told her lies; I told her lies, Big and little, long and tall, every shape and size, And when she unlocked the door, I knew I'd won the prize. I couldn't tell her what I thought, so I told her lies. 2. Well, livin' on love would not do; she had to tie the knot. We bought the rings and made the plans quicker than a rifle shot, And when the justice said, "Now, do you swear?" I gazed into her eyes, And in a voice sincere with fingers crossed, I told her lies. CHORUS: Yeah, I told her lies; I told her lies, Big and little, long and tall, every shape and size, Till when I heard the word "forever," 'twas then I realized I couldn't tell her what I thought, so I told her lies. 3. Now as the years went drifting by, temptation slowly grew. I'd stalk a tramp from time to time; I even slept with two, But no matter how I betrayed her, I made sure to keep it hid, And every time she got suspicious, well, you know what I did: CHORUS: I told her lies; I told her lies. Well, I chased women long and tall, every shape and size. She kept bein' faithful; I kept up my disguise. I couldn't tell her what I'd done, so I told her lies. 4. Yeah, we lived on in perfect bliss and then one day I died, And as my soul flew heavenward, I looked below and spied A graveside filled with mourners and everyone in tears, And when the preacher rose to speak, I could not believe my ears. 5. He said I'd been the kind of man all others aspire to be: A loyal friend, a loving spouse; that rat lied more than me! So fellas, if you want to stand tall in humanity's eyes, Just pay no mind to the laws of God; keep tellin' those lies. CHORUS: Yeah, I told her lies; I told her lies, Big, little, long and tall, every shape and size. I shunned the good; I spat on the true; all virtue I despised. I couldn't tell her what I thought, so I told her lies. I told her lies. |