Area 88 - Hard To Tell

I have a tale to tell Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well I was not ready for the fall Too blind to see the writing on the wall A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me I know where beauty lives I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives The light that you could never see It shines inside, you can't take that from me A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well If I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again If I ran away, I'd never have the strength To go very far How would they hear the beating of my heart Will it grow cold The secret that I hide, will I grow old How will they hear When will they learn How will they know A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well If I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again.

What good is a dream a plan or a scheme The rainbow that you pursue? It's everything and it's nothing Without someone to tell it to How eager you are to get to that star But after the journey's through You're only a lonely dreamer Without someone to tell it to There'll be blue days hard to get through days Days when you'll just want to die Soon you're older and the world's colder When there's no shoulder to cry on Castles in air are empty and bare With no one to share the view The moonlight is merely moonlight There's no magic in, 'I love you' Without someone someone to tell it to The moonlight is merely moonlight There's no magic in 'I love you' Without someone someone to tell it to

I have a tale to tell Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well I was not ready for the fall Too blind to see the writing on the wall A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me I know where beauty lives I've seen it once I know the warmth she gives The light that you could never see It shines inside you can't take that from me... A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me... The truth is never far behind You've kept it hidden well If I live to tell the secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again? If I ran away I'd never have the strength to go very far How would they hear the beating of my heart...? Will it grow cold? (Will it grow cold?) The secret that I hide Will I grow old? How will they hear? When will they learn? How will they know...? A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me... The truth is never far behind You've kept it hidden well If I live to tell the secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again...? A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me...

I grew up in the country, six kids in a two room shack Soon as I learned those three chords I had a guitar on my back I wanted to carry a football, that dream came and went real soon Made it through two years of college, thank God I can carry a tune Na na, yeah, thank God I can carry a tune I know love, I know pain Gotta little rusty in the rain I've been lost, I've been found I left my mark on my little bitty town Yeah, I raised me a few good babies Raised me a whole lotta Hell And if I ever get to Heaven I'm gonna have a story to tell Yeah, if I get there I'm gonna have a story to tell I drank a lot of cheap whiskey, shut down too many bars Logan has a dog in the valley, high as the Carolina stars I've kissed some girls Still missed some girls, most beautiful you've ever seen I gave my heart to a woman who didn't give a damn about me I know love, I know pain Gotta little rusty in the rain I've been lost, I've been found I left my mark on my little bitty town Yeah. I raised me a few good babies Raised me a whole lotta Hell And if I ever get to Heaven I'm gonna have a story to tell Yeah, if I get there I'm gonna have a story to tell It's got some parts that'll make you laugh, and some that'll make you cry Some pages I wish I could tear out but I ain't gonna tell no lie 'Cause it's the story of my life Now I can't preach or give no advice, I didn't do everything well But man, just live while you're alive and try to have a story to tell I know love, I know pain I gotta little rusty in the rain Y'all I've been lost, I've been found I left my mark on my little bitty town I've raised me a few good babies I've raised me a whole lotta Hell And if I ever get to Heaven I'm gonna have a story to tell Yeah, if I get there I'll have a real good story to tell Na na, yeah, we'll have a real good story to tell