Mama I Lied

Mama, I lied when I was sixteen

I said the bottle ain't mine and I'll never smoke weed

Now I've grown up you'd think things have changed

Hurts me just as much to say they're the same

Mama, I lied he ain't a good guy

He makes me cry sometimes out of the blue

I'm not sure why it took all this time

I was afraid of what you'd say to do

Guess I wasn't ready yet to hear the hard truth

So, Mama, I lied

I'd wipe the tears as quick as they'd fall

Say everything's fine every time that you'd call

And I'd swear he's perfect hopin' you couldn't tell

He was stealin' my spark walkin' me straight through hell

Mama, I lied he ain't a good guy

He makes me cry sometimes out of the blue

I'm not sure why it took all this time

I was afraid of what you'd say to do

Guess I wasn't ready yet to hear the hard truth

So, Mama, I lied

You said when somebody shows you who they really are

You better believe 'em

So I painted him the only way I thought you and I

Would wanna see him

Mama, I lied he ain't a good guy

He makes me cry sometimes out of the blue

I'm not sure why it took all this time

I was afraid of what you'd say to do

Guess I wasn't ready yet to hear the hard truth

And I can't hide it anymore, I really need you

Mama, I lied

Mama, I lied