From the recording Confessions & Alibis
Lyrics
You’re convincing when you state your case
You offer me the world
I’m seduced by little things you say
As you smile to reassure
Well I let down my defenses
I let you in to call
But you never fail to disappoint
Raise me up to let me fall
Describing fantasies and streets of gold
A sanctuary where dreams unfold
Don’t bring me jingo don’t tell me lies
‘Cause I don’t believe your stories or your alibis
Your oratories I do deny
‘Cause I don’t believe your stories or your alibis
Well you still believe in fairy tales
You wonder where they’ve gone
You harken back to better times
Conjure myths of days of yore
And you’re tugging at my heartstrings
Causing hope to well inside
The words you say are empty
Just a beautiful disguise
You’re painting pictures of paradise
Look through the glass with intoxicated eyes
My heart still skips a beat
When I listen to you speak
‘Cause somewhere deep inside
I’m yearning to believe
‘Cause a lifetime of reality
Left me hard and not naïve
I’ve been smashed I’ve been pounded I’ve been beat and weathered
Like the cliffs by the sea
So I smirk at all the promise
And I laugh at all the cheer
‘Cause I know that in the end I’ll find
What has been is what will be
You’re asking me to believe in change
You’re asking me to hope away the pain
Don’t bring me jingo don’t tell me lies
‘Cause I don’t believe your stories or your alibis
Your oratories I do despise
‘Cause I don’t believe your stories or your alibis