The Truth

[Verse 1:]
Tell them all I'm on vacation
Say I went to visit friends
That you ain't heard or seen from me in quite a while
When they ask you where I've been.

Tell them I'm out on the West Coast
Where it don't ever rain
And that I'm probably doing fine.

[Chorus:]
Just don't tell them I've gone crazy
That I'm still strung out over you
Tell them anything you want to
Just don't tell them all the truth
Yeah, don't tell them all the truth.

[Verse 2:]
Tell them all I'm out in Vegas
Blowing every dollar I ever made
Tell them that I must be into something bad for me
Cause I sure lost a lot of weight.

Tell them I'm out on the road
With some old rock and roll band
Living like a gypsy can.

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
The truth is that I'm asking you to lie
And we both know that it ain't right
But if you ever loved me
Please have some mercy on me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chorus:]
Tell them anything you want to
Just don't tell them all the truth
Yeah, don't tell them all the truth
I still need you.

[Outro:]
Yeah, that's the truth
I still love you
Baby, that's the truth.