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Enemy Within Lyrics by Michael McDonald

Soul Speak

2008

Who knows your secret, deep inside
Who got your trust, in exchange for lies
Then threw it away baby, threw it away baby

Heaven for heart ache, love for lust
Search for redemption, here in the dust
Where love has no fire baby

And the kindest moment, with nothing better to do
You can forget it, you still have something to lose

Ain't no lie good enough, to hide the truth from yourself
It pays to see it coming, learn to recognize
The enemy within baby, enemy within baby

No better lesson to be learned, reach'n the point of no return
When love turns to shame baby, your hoping it's different, next time
Your always drawn in, like a moth to the fire, time an again baby

And the kindest moment, with nothing better to do
We can forget, we still got something to lose

But it ain't no lie good enough, to hide the truth from yourself
It pays to see it coming, learn recognize
The enemy within baby

Oh you say you'll know better, i know you won't, stop lying to yourself
Before you lose all hope, learn to know the difference, learn to recognize
The enemy with in baby, enemy within baby

Stop lying to yourself baby, stop lying to yourself baby

It ain't no lie good enough, to hide the truth from yourself
It pays to see it coming, learn recognize
The enemy within baby

Oh you say you'll know better, but i know you won't, stop lying to yourself
Before you lose all hope, learn to see the difference, learn to recognize
The enemy with in baby, enemy within baby

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"Enemy Within" appears on "Soul Speak" in 2008.

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