You must think that I'm a fool   This twisted tenderness just leaves me cool   You've got me in a mess, you know it's true   Out in the wilderness here without you      Right outside it's a cruel world   Something's happening, it's distracting   You're just bad news, girl      Never let that feeling die   All you've got to do is tell a little lie   (Tell a little lie, tell a little lie)   Don't you know it's true, I will never let you down   Spread this message all around that I hope and that I pray   You can turn my life around      Take a look out there   We're under house arrest and you don't care   We could always be friends   But you were careless right 'til the end      I feel guilty, oh, it's such a shame   It's frustrating, it's a sad thing   And there's no one else to blame      Never let that feeling die   All you've got to do is tell a little lie   (Tell a little lie, tell a little lie)   Don't you know it's true, I won't ever let you down   Spread this message all around that I hope and that I pray   You won't take my love to town      Tell a little lie, tell a little lie   That's all you have to do is tell a little lie   (Tell a little lie, tell a little lie)   Don't you know it's true      Right outside it's a cruel world   Something's happening, it's distracting   You're just bad news, girl      Never let that feeling die   All you've got to do is tell a little lie   (Tell a little lie, tell a little lie)   Don't you know it's true, I will never let you down   Spread this message all around that I hope and that I pray   You won't take my love to town      Tell a little lie, tell a little lie   That's all you have to do is tell a little lie   (Tell a little lie, tell a little lie)   Don't you know it's true   Don't you know it's true (Don't you know it's true)   Don't you know it's true (Don't you know it's true)   Don't you know it's true (Don't you know it's true)   Don't you know it's true (Don't you know it's true)   Don't you know it's true   Don't you know it's true   Don't you know it's true   Don't you know that it's true