No One Taught Me How To Lie Lyrics

No one taught me how to lie
I was a talented child
Imagination found words and my stories went wild
I just did it for laughs
Did it for fun - did it cause I liked to fool everyone
Not that anyone believed me
They just seemed to understand
That all the times I spent alone inside my head
Lies were all I had

No one taught me how to lie
I just did it with ease
Did it out of principle and did it to tease
It made me feel so worthwhile
Made me feel ten feet tall
Made me feel I could be or do anything at all
“just a nervous disorder” the doctor said as he marched out the door
as I put on my poor and frightened child routine
and I conned them all one more

and here I am with you
thrown so many lies your way
I believed most of them too
And you say you love me –
Girl you've been looking at a stranger
If this hurts you somehow it hurts me more
I never knew what honesty was for
Until the moment that you look at me
You say you want be a part of me
Girl whatever's left of me is yours

All the kids would laugh at me
I wouldn't talk for fear I'd cry
Nobody, nobody taught me how to lie
Nobody taught me how to lie


(Thanks to Betty Hoeffner for these lyrics)