[Verse 1]
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I have a tale to tell
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Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
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I was not ready for the fall
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Too blind to see the writing on the wall
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[Chorus]
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A man can tell a thousand lies
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Ive learned my lesson well
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Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
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‘Til then, it will burn inside of me
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[Verse 2]
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I know where beauty lives
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Ive seen it once, I know the warm she gives
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The light that you could never see
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It shines inside, you cant take that from me
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[Chorus]
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A man can tell a thousand lies
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Ive learned my lesson well
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Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
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‘Til then, it will burn inside of me
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[Post-Chorus]
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The truth is never far behind
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You kept it hidden well
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If I live to tell the secret I knew then
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Will I ever have the chance again?
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[Bridge]
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If I ran away, Id never have the strength to go very far
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How would they hear the beating of my heart?
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Will it grow cold, the secret that I hide? Will I grow old?
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How will they hear? When will they learn? How will they know?
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[Chorus]
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A man can tell a thousand lies
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Ive learned my lesson well
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Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
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‘Til then, it will burn inside of me
~#**************#~
[Post-Chorus]
~#**************#~
The truth is never far behind
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You kept it hidden well
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If I live to tell the secret I knew then
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Will I ever have the chance again?
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
A man can tell a thousand lies
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Ive learned my lesson well
~#**************#~
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
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‘Til then, it will burn inside of me
