I’ve Lied (30th Anniversary Edition)

Sitting here in a lonely old guest house

I'm sure that my life is all through

Scratchin' fleas and watchin' a grey mouse

I'm makin' love to the memory of you

But without you, I'm weak and uncertain

And I feel so naked and cold

Like a window without any curtain

My innermost feelings unfold

And the drink I just had

It wasn't as bad as the first

But drinkin' won't do

When it's only for you I thirst, yeah, I thirst

'Cause your kiss, it quenches all burnin'

Oh, it's sweeter than the sweetest of wine

Now you're gone, oh, I find myself yearnin'

For the love that I left behind

And nobody can heal the pain that I feel inside

And if I said I'm strong and I'm never wrong

I've lied

Oh, I've lied, yeah

And nobody can heal the pain that I feel inside

Oh, if I said I'm strong and I'm never wrong

I've lied

Oh, I've lied

I've lied