Lie No Better - Delbert McClinton

Here you come draggin' in

Three a.m. again

Grinnin' that silly grin

Smellin' just like sin

Holdin' up that alibi that’s tissue paper thin

Diggin' down deeper and deeper

In that hole you’re already in

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better than that

You might as well tell the truth

I know you been foolin' around

With some fool from way 'cross town

You’re tearin' our good thing down

Makin' me out your clown

Lookin' for excuses that you know can’t be found

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better than that

You might as well tell the truth

You say you was gone with that girl from up the street

But I know better

She called here lookin' for you and she told me

Said you never met her

And you could be more discreet

With your love letters

And honey I smell some other man

All over you cashmere sweater

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie not better than that

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better

If you can’t lie no better than that

You might as well tell the truth