THE TRUTH IS I LIED   Writers Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing   RECORDED BY GENE WATSON AND BY RICOCHET         I said it was over   I said we were through   I said when I left I    Was done loving you   But I'm fighting a feeling   that cant be denied    Forget what I told you    the truth is I lied   I know you weren't expectin'   This visit from me   With my hat in my hand and   My heart on my sleeve    But I've stopped my pretending    And I've swallowed my pride   I'm not above saying   The truth is I lied   The truth is I'm not quite as strong as   I thought this battle is harder    than an war that we've fought   I said I could just push your memory aside    I meant it when I said it but the truth is i lied   is it asking to much to forget and forgive    Dying for your love    Is no way to live   and the truth is I'm just not as strong as I thought   this battle is harder    Than any war that we've fought   I said I could just push your memory aside    I meant it when I said it but the truth is I lied   Oh, I meant it when I said it, the truth is I lied