Jim James Lyrics
"Same Old Lie"

It's the same old lie they tell you
When you're little
Try to make you forget just what it is you're really made of
And follow on just like most everyone
But you and me we ain't like most everyone
Pure individual
Bright as the shining sun
And sure as hell we know where it is we come from
And where it is yeah we're probably going back to
But now we gonna live a little
Try and get a little truth

It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie

It's the same old lie you been reading about
Bleeding out
Now who's getting cheated out?
You best believe it's the silent majority
And if you don't vote it's on you not me
It's the same old lie told from the dawn of time yeah
Stretch it out a little try to milk every last dime
Hate crimes shelter lines they try to take what's yours and mine
Is there any peace to be found in a lifetime?
It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie
It's the same old lie you gotta live with it
Or if you got sense then you better try changing it
But nothing is more difficult
Than changing what's been comfortable
We've seen it tried a million times
It's hard to think when hypnotized
But a lies a lie it destroys from the inside
Decays the teeth from behind that false smile
A lie is a lie and I've told my share but
I know i'm gonna suffer for the shit I put out there
It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie

Well it's the same old lie
I think I died a little
Guns drawn faces long
How much killing can be done?
It's the same old lie they tell you when you die
There are mansions up in heaven
Fifty virgins off in the sky
Well you cant trade today for some far off promise of tomorrow
You cant build love out of guns blood and sorrow
They say we cant live together
But we know that's a lie
'Cause we know it in our heart we can make it if we try
It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie
Same lie