Lie No Better Lyrics - 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 your 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