The Truth I Tell Myself

You don't have to tell me that I'm stubborn

Cause I'm not

And I know 'cause it runs in my family

And skips every other generation

You don't have to save my soul

Or make me feel like I'm in control

It's not worth the double scotch whiskey that you'd have to buy me

You look like you're surprised

Like when will I get wise

But I'll just drive the same dead ends I've tried

And I think I know why

There's no connection between what I want

And what is good for me

The truth I tell myself not to believe

Yeah I know I could have been some thin'

But I'm not and I know that it's somebody else's fault

Just like every other thing that's ever happened to me

Yeah I could have been like the king

Like someone who could really sing

Folks line up round the corner just so they could come n' hear me

Oh there I go again

Them devils love their sin

But they can't end what I do not begin

So I'm safe where I'm in

There's no connection between what I want

And what is good for me

The truth I tell myself not to believe

There's no direction between where I am

And where I'm supposed to be

The truth I tell myself not to believe

Yeah don't think that I'm expecting you to stay

'Cause you won't

And I know 'cause I've seen it a million times

This is charming self destructive disposition of mine

Yeah I know those happy endings are for fools

Who feel like they will never loose

Folks who think there's a God out there that's gonna save them

I'll get this round my friend

And then we can start again

Just like we did when we were who we are

Have we come that far

There's no connection between what I want

And what is good for me

The truth I tell myself not to believe

There's no direction between where I am

And where I'm supposed to be