"Pretty Liar"
Performed by 1000 Clowns (featuring Jude)

(Jude's lyrics will be in red)

I was five years old hanging out at the park
My pop was taking my picture before it got too dark
We finished the roll and we was through
We went back to the house I watched Scooby Doo

What else could I do
I was five years old
Except eat, sleep and play
And hope I didn't catch a cold

But even if I did
It never was a problem
Because my pop was my pop
He'd be there to solve 'em

See the problem happened fifteen years post
I was in college acting silly stupid most
Even back then I never knew nothing was wrong
I never even thought I'd be writing this song

When I got outta class my friend said I had a call
Went to the pay phone at the end of the hall
Picked up the phone and I heard my mom crying
And all I could hear was that my pop was dying

I can't help it
You're all that I need
Though you tried for the moments
To make me believe

And you were such a pretty liar
And I'm so alone without you
Nobody told me you wanted to go


I went back home as fast as I can
When I got there I began to understand
He was lying in his bed all alone
Just a pair of teeth and some skin stuck to the bone

A couple days later was his last
Too tired of it all my pop just took his last breath
The ambulance came bagged him up and took him away
I couldn't even speak that day

They put the man in a mahagony case
I stood next to my mom as the tears took to my face
It didn't seem right, it seemed so wrong
My pop was my pop but now he was gone

I can't help it
You're all that I need
Though you tried for the moments
To make me believe

And you were such a pretty liar
And I'm so alone without you now
So alone without you now
Nobody told me you wanted to go
Nobody told me you wanted to go


Found out he died from AIDS later that summer
I was on my lunch break calling to a highlighted number
Explained the symptoms and they dropped the bomb
Hung up the phone and I called my mom

"I know the truth stop playing this game,"
There was a moment of silence then she said "He was so ashamed
He asked everyone to lie to you."
My whole damn family lied to me

Today my friends tell me memories are just as strong
I smile at them and I think they're wrong
He's gone and I'll never go home
Even in a room full of people I feel alone

But I'm trying my best I can to deal
Taking it one day at a time to heal
Cuz now I know he's looking down on me from Heaven
He sees me doing well, saying "That a boy, Kevin."

I can't help it
You're all that I need
Though you tried for the moments
To make me believe

And you were such a pretty liar
And I'm so alone without you now
Nobody told me you wanted to go

Such a pretty liar
Such a pretty liar
Such a pretty liar
Such a pretty...liar
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