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Lie and Cheat Lyrics by Rick Bailey

Original Sin

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Falling apart at
The ripping seam now
I never wanted
To be a messenger
(wait)
Don't call the guard yet
Try not to be upset
Maybe some rhetoric
Take your time, Colette

It's not as hard as it seems
(what do you mean?)
You can still lie
(lie)
And cheat
(che-e-eat)
But there's a hundred billion ways to beat
The system
Just lie and cheat
(cheat)
Oh, all you gotta do
Is pull some strings

Blame it on a relative
Pin it on a stranger
Hide it in an airport
Plant it in a mangier

It's not as hard as it seems
(what do you mean?)
You can still lie
(lie)
And cheat
(che-e-eat)
But there's a hundred billion ways to beat
The system
Just lie and cheat
(cheat)
Yeah, yeah
All you gotta do
Is pull some strings

Pick up the slack!

Falling apart, yeah
The ripping seams
Call up an airline
A flight to South America
And in a little time
No one will care about a
Dirty little white collar anyone would do the same paint a pretty picture and turn around and change your name

It's not as hard as it seems
(what do you mean?)
You can still lie
(lie, lie)
And cheat
(che-e-eat)
But there's a hundred billion ways to beat
The system
Just lie and cheat
(cheat)
Yeah, all you gotta do
Is pull some strings
(pull some strings)
(lie and cheat)
And get the card outta your sleeve
There's a hundred billion ways to beat the system
Lie and cheat
Yeah, all you gotta do
Is pull some strings

Pick up the slack!
(it's not as hard)
Now give it back!
Get on the door!
You're running up the flag pole!

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Rick Bailey

Rick Bailey

About “Lie and Cheat” by Rick Bailey

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"Lie and Cheat" is credited to Rick Bailey. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Lie and Cheat" appears on "Original Sin".

Visit the Rick Bailey artist page at /artist/rick-bailey for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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