That Is Why

Album: Bellybutton (1990)
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  • Though it's hard to admit it's true
    I've come to depend on you
    You and your angelic shout
    Loud enough for two

    And that is why
    I'll confide in you the truth this time
    That is why
    I just can't go on and live this lie

    Yesterday all was right as rain
    Now the forecast's not
    It's partly cloudy with trouser stains
    In his copy of inquiring minds

    But that never meant that much to her
    She chose to keep her nose too clean
    She rather keep it pointed anyway
    In the spine of a magazine

    And that is why
    I'll confide in you the truth this time
    That is why
    I just can't go on and live this lie

    And when I say I trust in you
    I promise you the truth
    And when you say I bet you won't
    You know I will
    And it'll be better in the end

    So when you think you got it figured out
    Then you know you don't
    Like all the rest you'd like to sit and pout
    But of course you won't

    And that is why
    I'll confide in you the truth this time
    That is why
    I just can't go on and live this lie Writer/s: BARBARA MANNING, STURMER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave
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