Why I Lie Lyrics - Somebody's Miracle - Liz Phair

If you ask me why I lie to you 

I can tell you I don't know myself 

It's amazingly dishonest 

But I'd have to recognize it as part of myself 

Straighten up, why can't you straighten up? 

I've heard you tell me this 

So many times 

It doesn't even stick 

I get it all the time 

I get it all the time 

You know I love to make 

A joke of it 

And if you ask me why I hurt you 

I don't understand it, I can't help myself 

It's a special combination 

Of predatory instinct and simple ill will 

I would give some thought to it 

If I thought that it might do me 

Some good, some good 

Straighten up, why can't you straighten up? 

You always say I'll lose 

Control of it 

And thirty is not too old 

Well momma, I would give some thought to it 

If I thought that it might do me 

Some good, some good, some good 

Some good