Tell You the Truth - Trevor Jackson

Tell you the truth, oh oh, oh oh We all have to gamble in a game we call love We sift through the mess just to find the right one Boy, let me tell you, you were a mistake But you were a mistake that had to be made Can't take the lies that you spit in my face All of the time I continued to waste On a guy who's too far gone to be saved You had your chance but now I lost the faith It's real and I'm feelin' it, too I'm happier without you In order to find myself I guess I have to lose you Tell you the truth I owe you that much Tell you the truth We've had enough, struggling to love It's time for me to finally leave you I swear I mean it this time Tell you the truth, oh oh, oh oh Word on the street is you're good on your own Even together I felt so alone Still, I just didn't expect you to go, oh oh Cause I thought that we would make it through Even if I had to hide the truth Even if I had to pretend like Somebody could fix all the damage done by you And you know I hate to put you on But it's time you know you did me wrong And it's time I find somebody who gon' Do me like the way I did you all along It's real and I'm feelin' it, too I'm happier without you In order to find myself I guess I have to lose you Tell you the truth I owe you that much Tell you the truth We've had enough, struggling to love It's time for me to finally leave you I swear I mean it this time Tell you the truth, oh oh, oh oh Tell you the truth, oh oh, oh oh Tell you the truth, oh oh, oh oh

Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place I lied to the doctor I lied to my lover I wanna make amends But where do I start? Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place Tell the truth to yourself Tell the truth I can make my mother, my father, my sister, my brother My lover, my neighbor, my friends, all happy Give of myself whatever they ask But without this single truth, it is only emptiness that I cast A happiness that will not last But I'm not here for that For what does happiness help Without this simple truth given to thyself? I was the coward I did strangle your heart I wanna make amends But where do I start? Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place Tell the truth to yourself And the rest will fall in place

Smoke a cigarette An' I know I've had enough Mash whiskey in another paper cup Didn't know it, babe But yo cup was runnin' over Never time to do it right But it's time to do it over And I lay awake Big dreamers never sleep (No they don't) Time to play the cards Read 'em and weep Well I, I always heard it said That the truth will set you free Woman with the way you do Well how can I believe A smokin' mountain got to blow I'm the livin' proof Well, right now I think it's time To Tell the Truth, baby (Time to tell the truth) Yeah, you got to try Stop lying baby (Time to tell the truth) Doin' time behind these bedroom walls Blink of an eye another shooting star falls, yeah Tried to tell you babe But you don't want to hear me Take one good look These are tears of fury Well, then let it show A big catastrophe, yeah yeah Now I don't wanna know Your social activities If the world loves a bad guy Well, then, how 'bout the doubt I was first one to get in Now I'm the last one out Profess to love me, babe Then, why can't I tell All you do is use me babe You're lying to yourself I think it's time... (Time to tell the truth) Time to tell the truth now now Stop lying baby (Time to tell the truth) Time to tell the truth now, all right Mama please Baby please If the world loves a bad guy Well, then, how 'bout the doubt Well, I was first one to get in Now I'm the last one out Smokin' mountain got to blow I'm the livin' proof And now I know it's time Yes it is Try Yeah, got to try, try (Time to tell the truth) Yeah, tell the truth now (Time to tell the truth) Stop lying baby

She's waiting on, She's waiting on that storm to come. Into her heart, into her heart she's waiting. She told me I must hold onto the mo-oment. And when the moments over I'll be all alone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone And like a bird, yes like a bird, she'll fly away. She never said, she never said she'd stay here. She's waiting on, She's waiting on that ship to come. I cannot fight, I cannot fight the ocean, all alone (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone. Now kiss me on, now kiss me on my broken wings. Don't leave me here, don't leave me in the water. She's waiting on, She's waiting on that storm to come. And when the rain comes down I will be washed away. I hope, I hope we meet again. I want, I want to hold you again. I hope, I hope we meet again. I'll know, I'll know until the end. I'll be all aloooone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone. (La le la, la le la, la le la, la le la) Then I'll be all alone.

The future is the past And it will last for as long as it's lasted Every time I get plastered I see stars Livin' deep inside of me We were all once a part of distant galaxies And I swear When the universe ends I'll be there 'Cos I wanna see what love looks like When there's no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air You know it's funny how the people say the world is changed, It's like: Saying that stranger's a kind of strange It's like: Saying that water is kind of wet It's like: Saying that Elvis is kind of dead It's evident to anyone with half a brain that things change, That's why books have more than one page, That's why, me and my grandfather aren't the same age, That's why New Kids On The Block thery're not rockin' on Triple-J But, the more things change, the more they stay the same Same old girls, same wars, same games Sure, there's climate change, and there's terrorists and AIDS But we used to have the nazis And now it's was way way way worse But things get bad, then get better, Before I started eating bree, I used to eat cheddar The world is always gonna change, only love stays the same, Like I say in the refrain The future is the past And it will last for as long as it's lasted Every time I get plastered I see stars Livin' deep inside of me We were all once a part of distant galaxies And I swear When the universe ends I'll be there 'Cos I wanna see what love looks like When there's no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air When I died, I got them to cryogenically freeze me Believe me, it cost four million, that's cheap To see the future, see infinity, I thought that I had proven the truth of man's divinity But I discovered, I was poor like a chimney sweep, The richest man is just a tramp in the scheme of things Up there in the future, it wasn't much fun, Just a bunch of frozen businessman dreaming of a refund "Gimme back my money" They were yellin', Calling for the manager They were used to those credit card advantages But MasterCard can't change the past, can it? No kind of plastic is worth shit on a dead planet The whole place was cold like you wouldn't believe Just dead rocks in a dried up sea Just like time gone by Just like five fuckin' billion BC The future is the past And it will last for as long as it's lasted Every time I get plastered I see stars Livin' deep inside of me We were all once a part of distant galaxies And I swear When the universe ends I'll be there 'Cos I wanna see what love looks like When there's no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air Instrumental The meek shall inherit the earth, they're fine Don't have to fight for that shit Just have to bide your time Keep quiet, don't write any rhymes if you can help it 'Cos I'm sure god favors the silent, not the violent, Maybe the vibrant, definitely firemen Maybe the prime mister if he sticks to his assignment To lead wisely and not be divisive And while I'm on the subject, God, can you make him bring back human rights All right, fine, this is not a diatribe Just an ordinary rhyme about extraordinary times Hey, digital natives, on the love super highway You come my way leave e-mails and just fly away How good's that? I guess it's not all bad Crap, shit, fuck! We can still make positive tracks, Cut them on wax, under the full moon, Bury 'em for a month, And deep fry that to make, to make beats fat Fatter in batter, that's my motto, Like Specto said: back to mono, before he went loco Chatter for chatters sake that's the game, So I write rhymes that don't nessecerely mean a thing Sometimes, but this time I write a rhyme I can't deny I lie awake at night and recite the diatribe I'm alive and inspired to write rhymes or die tryin'. The future is the past And it will last for as long as it's lasted Every time I get plastered I see stars Livin' inside of me We were all once a part of distant galaxies And I swear When the universe ends I'll be there 'Cos I wanna see what love looks like When there's no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air