Galt MacDermot

The Truth
Go Go to the mountain if you mustGo to the burning bushHappy would ease your troubled mindHow do the fade just stay behind?I know you better than you think I doDon't worry .. this is why I fell in love with youThe man in the looking glassIs looking back at you at lastYou can't hide from the truthBecause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truthBecause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truthBecause the truth is all there isYou can't hideIf happy times are too few and far betweenIt's a pity dear, we can't erase the things we've seenSo disappear, vanish if you wishJust go before you're swallowed up by bitternessAnd the truth is you can't hide from the truthAnd the truth hurts because the truth is all there isSongtexteI realized some time ago that I would have to let you goMay not be true to see that you would return one dayBut in your present state you may as well not be here at allYou wear a thin disguise, it's from yourself you hideJust take a look at us, we are heading for a fallNow presiding in this quarter: hip-hopJustice, my rap fortéJudge, jury, bailing for prosecuting D.A.Et ceteras, paraphasMy modus operendeIt's carpe diem whether the fact or word is your wayComprende?The people versus, you ain't no SensiTeaching that style of word-playWe got the words theyRegardless of what your friends sayThey're all disableStriken from the record and deemed indimissableAnd this long arm of the law grabs a mightierShoot dope lines first and ask questions laterThe sentence of this live litigatorClose the case tighter than the jaws of a 'gatorStenonographer, that study law again, the jargonLet your counselors 'a barking, in hopes of a plea bargainBut when you read back verbatimWhat they're saying to persuade themThey realize exactly how I've played themI come with the truth, whole truth and nothing but'Cause the truth hurts just as much as in' with lies willI brew skill with free fills from now untilPlagiarizing MC's get their flows distilledBaby I don't die without you by my sideAs long as you return into these arms that burnBaby I won't die just take a look insideInto these eyes that burn, come to these arms that yearnI won't die, if you leave me highI won't die if you're not by my sideAnd the truth hurts because the truth is all there isAnd the truth hurts because the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truthBecause the truth is all there isYou can't hide from the truth Aus Songtexte Mania