'98: Lovers' Lies - The Magnetic Fields

Lovers' lies, lovers' lies

They should make us roll our eyes

Oh, if only we were wise!

We’d be lonelier, and wise

Lovers' words, lovers' words

They are strictly for the birds

A strong sense of the absurd’s

No defense from lovers' words

Every word you say

Every word you sigh

Every word a lie

Every word you crow

Every word you cry

Every word a lie

Lovers' truth, lovers' truth

Heard in every buddy booth

When we’re longer in the tooth

Mothers' milk is lovers' truth

Lovers' lies, lovers' lies

They are only lullabies

Please remind me to devise

A sound to drown out lovers' lies