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Sometimes Even Liars Tell the Truth

from The Devil's Share by Steven Heighton

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SOMETIMES EVEN LIARS TELL THE TRUTH

When a man of his kind says the words “I love you”
You might tell yourself that’s nothing new
And when he promises that there’s no else above you
You might want to ask him for some proof

And when he makes his vows
And he tells you how
He and only he alone will do
When a man of his sort says he’ll always love you
Well sometimes even liars tell the truth

What does it mean to mean it when you’re a man like he is
What does it take to start out new?
If there’s a way to change men, girl you’ve never seen it
And there’s no telling what they’ll change into

And when he gets to pledging
And you guess he’s hedging
And not saying what he really feels for you
When a man of his sort swears he’ll always love you
Well sometimes even liars tell the truth

(I know what that’s like, babe
Trying to love in a world without proof
Trying to take it on faith when all the world’s faking
When all truth’s been taken away)

Trying to trust the right words, trying to track the lies
Is work enough for any heart to do
So many times in love, conditions will apply
Can you trust they don’t apply to you?

And when he swears he'll show you
And he claims to know you
You can’t help fearing it’s all flowing too smooth
But when a man of his kind says he'll always love you
Well sometimes even liars tell the truth
Sometimes even liars tell
Sometimes even liars
Sometimes even liars tell the truth

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from The Devil's Share, released April 24, 2021
Lyrics by Steven Heighton and Ginger Pharand. Music by Steven Heighton. © 2020 Steven Heighton/Hightone Music (SOCAN).

Pete Bowers: drums
Hugh Christopher Brown: clavinet
Teilhard Frost: percussion
Steven Heighton, vocals, acoustic guitar
Jason Mercer: bass
Ginger Pharand: backing vocals
Craig “Rocky” Roberts: electric guitar

The Devil’s Share released April 2021 by Wolfe Island Records/CRS Europe.

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Steven Heighton Kingston, Ontario

Heighton is the author of 18 books--novels, poetry, stories, and nonfiction. He has published work in Granta, the New York Times, Tin House, London Review of Books, Best American Poetry, and many others. His first album, "The Devil's Share," produced by Hugh Christopher Brown of Wolfe Island Records, will be released April 21, 2021. ... more

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