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A Lie If You Must

from Baby You Win by Cliff Westfall

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lyrics

A Lie If You Must
© Cliff Westfall 2018


VERSE 1
Where you have friendship, I have only acquaintance
I live in your world since I left my own
But I hear your name in whispered conversations
And I wonder just how soon I’ll be alone
Well I can’t believe I’m outside your consideration
You’re still the only one I can trust
So I’ll take the truth if you think I can take it
I’ll take a lie if you must

CHORUS
A lie so that I can still lie in your arms
A lie calculated to appease and disarm
Tell me what’s self-deception compared to your charms
I’ll take a lie if you must, I’ll take a lie if you must

VERSE 2
Was our love too pure to be entrusted
To vessels as fragile as we are?
It’s no surprise when someone’s heart gets busted
And I wonder how we made it this far
So take your time but tell me what I need dear
Then it need never again be discussed
I’ll take the truth if you think I can take it
I’ll take a lie if you must

CHORUS
A lie so that I can still lie in your arms
A lie calculated to appease and disarm
Tell me what’s self-deception compared to your charms
I’ll take a lie if you must, I’ll take a lie if you must

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from Baby You Win, released July 13, 2018
Track 9 from my forthcoming album, "Baby You Win," produced by Bryce Goggin (Pavement, the Ramones, Antony and the Johnsons, Evan Dando) at Trout Recording in Brooklyn, NY, and renowned New York guitarist and songwriter Graham Norwood.

The album features the following musicians:

Lead vocals, acoustic guitar: Cliff Westfall
Electric guitar: Scott Metzger (Shooter Jennings, Wolf!, Phil Lesh, Joe Russo's Almost Dead)
Electric and acoustic guitar, harmony vocals: Graham Norwood
Pedal steel: Dan Iead (Norah Jones, Cass McCombs, Valerie June)
Bass: Jeremy Chatzky (Ronnie Spector, Bruce Springsteen, Laura Cantrell)
Drums: David Christian (Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse, Mary Timony's Helium, Sam Cohen, Hospitality, Sweet Cream)
Keyboards: Charlie Giordano (Bruce Springsteen)

Plus guest harmonies from Matthew Horn (A Don Piper Situation) on "Sweet Tooth," "Hanging On," and "The Man I Used to Be," and Barbara Endes (Girls on Grass) on "A Lie If You Must"...

All tracks mastered by Alex McCollough of True East Mastering, Nashville, TN

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Cliff Westfall New York, New York

New York-based, Kentucky-bred country songwriter Cliff Westfall writes songs about heartache, loss, addiction – you know, funny songs. Or he can dive into a sentimental weeper.

He delivers them all with the wit that, for Westfall, is central to country music. His songs are bitingly acerbic, dependent on the twisty puns, bittersweet humor, and turns of phrase that used to define country music. ... more

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