It ain’t complicated
Well, I’ve grown to hate it
I never liked the taste of crow
But baby I ate it

They tried to warn me
They said that you were ornery
So don’t bring me those big brown eyes
And tell me that you’re sorry

Well you might as well throw gasoline on a fire
The way you lie

You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man’s floor
You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch
You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store
It just comes way too natural to you
The way you lie

That ain’t my perfume
I bet she had a curfew
You told me you were out with the boys
And baby, I believed you

So why you lookin’ so nervous
You know you’re gonna deserve this
I oughta kill you right now
And do the whole wide world a service

Well my daddy’s gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire
The way you lie

You lie like the man with the slick black hair who sold me that Ford
You lie like a palm tree in the back yard after last month’s storm
You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store
It just comes way too natural to you
The way you lie

Well, I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna drive into the big old muddy river
I’m gonna park my car in the middle of the mile-long bridge
And then I’m gonna cry, well, maybe just a little
Then I’m gonna slip off the ring that you put on my finger

Give it a big old fling and watch it sink
Down, down, down
There it’s gonna lie
Until the Lord comes back around

Because you lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man’s floor
You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch
When you liee like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store
It just comes so dang natural to you

The way you lie
The way you lie
Well it’s what you do
It’s who you are