No One Taught Me How to Lie

No one taught me how to lie

I was a talented child

Imagination found words

And my stories went wild

I just did it for laughs

Did it for fun

Did it 'cause I liked to fool everyone

Not that anyone believed me

They just seemed to understand

That all the times I spent alone inside my head

Lies were all I had

No one taught me how to lie

I just did it with ease

Did it out of principle

Did it with tease

Made me feel so worthwhile

Made me feel ten feet tall

Made me feel I could be or do anything at all

"Just a nervous disorder"

The doctor said as he marched out the door

As I put on my poor and frightened child

And I counted them all once more

And here I am with you

Thrown so many lies your way

I believe most of them too

You say you love me

Girl you've been looking at a stranger

If this hurts you

Somehow it hurts me more

I never knew what honesty was for

Until the moment that you look at me

You say you wanna be a part of me

Girl whatever's left of me is yours

All the kids would laugh at me

I wouldn't talk for fear I'd cry

Nobody, nobody taught me how to lie

I never showed hostility

I kept it all inside

Nobody, nobody taught me how to lie

Nobody taught me how to lie