Playing it out watch it all unfold
They don’t mind if you don’t know
Tell you a lie if that’s where you wanna go
The whitest lies as pure as snow
One man’s mind is another man’s show
Shaking it up and shaking you down real slow
Well needs are as needs must
Foolish is as foolish does
Don’t get caught or a fool might fuck you up
It’s all in your hands… (x4)
You don’t mind if she don’t mind
She’s believes you half the time
Mirrored halls and strawberry nights
Sounds just like a ‘party time’
Feeling cool looking fine
Beauty is state of mind
Big time let it shine
Mind on your mind
‘Surprise, surprise’ ‘Hey well what do ya know?’
A secret’s told and the rumor’s flown
Butterfly wings take it just where it wants to go
There’s a world outside that you’ve never known
Stayed inside by the T.V. glow
Dreams can fly but you don’t want to miss your show
But it’s all in your hands (x8)
You can’t help yourself now
From telling your lies
You’re getting too fat
But you’re feeling so wise
Well you look in the mirror
Keep your eyes on the prize
You can’t stop talking
But you don’t realize
Turning the pages
Till they turn out the light
You say you’re sorry
You just say you tried
Blinded by money
The blind lead the blind
It leads and you follow
But it runs and it hides
Now in all your tomorrows
Tequila Sunrise
Here comes the truth
And it’s the only surprise
You steal and you borrow
You're an obvious rhyme
Telling yourself
That you had a good time
If only, if only... yeh…yeh...yeh.
But it’s all in your hands … (x8)
credits
from Damage Control,
released August 16, 2015
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