City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
Late at night that big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feeling down
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving
She is headed for the cheating side of town
You can't hide your lying eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realise
There ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
On the other side of town a boy is waiting
With fiery eyes and dreams no-one could steal
She drives on through the night, anticipating
Cos he makes her feel the way she used to feel
She rushes to his arms, they fall together
She whispers that it's only for a while
She swears that soon she'll be coming back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile
You can't hide your lying eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realise
There ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
She gets up and pours herself a strong one
And stares out at the stars up in the sky
Another night, it's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry
She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool
My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be
You can't hide your lying eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realise
There ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
It's funny how you wake up
Say you wanna break up
You say, "Time's out on my Jacob"
You've been watchin' and observin'
And don't know where we're goin'
You ain't got time for blowin'
It's apparent here lately
That you've been actin' shady
An' with everythin' you doin'
You ain't tryin' to involve me
You really need to stop it
We done came a long damn way
We done came a long way
From being young and in love to this real serious
We done came a long way
Ain't no need to break up, come to think about it
We done came a long way
From walking to the bus to two cars for us
We done came a long way
We done come a long long way
Maybe I should tighten up
Or maybe should I lighten up?
And show you that I got your back
Even though sometimes I act
Like I don't hear what you're sayin' now
Maybe I should stop playin' round
Show you I'm a real man
And hopefully you'll understand
That I ain't goin' nowhere
Ain't no need to take it there
Don't want you put them bags away
We done came a long way
We done came a long way
From a one bedroom to a maid with a broom
We done came a long way
Ain't no need to break up, come to think about it
We done came a long way
From meeting both of your parents and to a stroller and a carriage
We done came a long way
We done came a long way
Sometimes it gets rough
And you go through some things
Sometimes it seems like too much
Girl, but we got to stop and think
One day I hope you wear my weddin' ring
'Cuz only you know where we've been
And you know we've come too far, yeah
'Cuz you were there
When I was set down in the ghetto
We've come too far to turn around
We done came a long way
From being young and in love to this real serious
We done came a long way
Ain't no need to break up, come to think about it
We done came a long way
From a one bedroom to a maid with a broom
We done came a long way
We done came a long long long long long long way
We done came a long way
Put your bags down, sit down, let me talk to you
We done came a long way
I'm not worried what nobody gotta say 'cause
We done came a long way
They don't know what we've been through
We done came a long way
You know and I know
It's easy to say when it's far from my view
From the night and the day
Something never plays through
It's easy to say but it's harder to do
That all of these lies are only partially true
Let get drunk and talk for eons
Verbally re-route the course we'd be on
Never find a man but just keep on soaking up the tenants from the dark salon
I'll do this and i'll do that
We'll move over there i'll show you the stats
Take this aspect and flip on end
Sample this percussion, time stretch and bend it
Cause time lets a man ponder and consider
conjure and configure the sums and the position
It's all bubblegum and chicken, ballzack ignition
Talk crap forever but you never really listen
Folk smoke dope but artistically invision
Folk can't cope and watch television
At the cost of how they're living in a box-like prison
Act now freaky mumma because it's all beneficient
Repeat chorus x 2
These days I'm up I'm looking for a brand new thing
It's a brand new beginning and
I get stuck head and my head trips, head held high
But it's hard in these times we are living in
I need aspirin, Nurofen, medicine
some kind of anything to take the edge off
Kids throw your hands up high in the sky
If you've looked at the world
And you've felt a little ripped off
Cause the blind still lead the blind
With these empty words from empty lines
And it makes headlines in the 6 o'clock news
And we all know the words to the new pop tunes so
Sing a melody, remember the memory
Make more out of every dependable remedy
and (fuck that)
Talk straight not just for talk's sake
Cause I need a little honesty now for God's sake
Wait, oh wait just a little while
Soon as he comes you're gonna die
With a little cleaver he makes mince of you
From your eyes he'll create aspic too
Watch out, beware of his assistant
Watch out, take care and listen
Watch out, you'll never see the sun again
Watch out, you will be cut in two
Whooohooohohohoooo - Blood on the ground
Whooohooohohohoooo - A knife makes no sound
Whooohooohohohoooo - The reaper's laughin' now
Whooohooohohohoooo - Dying in a small amount
He's living at Red Row Number 8
He killed so many but not only at night
You're gonna stay buried in his little chamber
Tomorrow your bloody cloth will fit another
Watch out, beware of his assistant
Watch out, take care and listen
Watch out, you'll never see the sun again