Patterson Hood Lyrics
"Better Than The Truth"

Billy Ringo always said the fish don't bite
"Can't get a break for all my life"
"Can't get a break to save my life"
Fell out the window with the glass bong in his hand
On the ground, he did land
On his back with it smoking in his hand

Billy Ringo said he nearly to crash his car
on the windy roads not far from the house he used to live in
Said he felt the tires lifting off the pavement
but he pulled it out in time and he made it home by five

and he said "I'm only looking for an acceptable level of bullshit
I can live with
but something's got to give
and I never could stand that son of a bitch there in the mirror
when he's staring back at me
Staring back at me"

Billy Ringo liked to play his music loud
said he never was allowed to become the things that he said he
was destined for those nights, drinking at the bar
Talking about his shiny star and it's impending incline

and he said "I'm only looking for an acceptable level of bullshit
I can live with
but something's got to give"
and if I wrote it in a movie it would all end differently
and be better than the truth
Better than the truth
The last time I saw Billy he was drinking at the bar
We caught up and made some small talk and he invited me over
and he started giving me all the paintings on his wall
said he wanted me to have them and I didn't know what for

and if I wrote it in a movie it would end there on the ground
like I said there in the first verse that's how he would be found
I would spare the moviegoers all the bitter sad details

Better than the truth