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Just [D]let me tell you how a liar will do
He's always coming with [A]something new
He'll [D]steal your heart with false pretence
Making out like he's your [A]bosom [D]friend
[D]If you dont want to get in trouble
[A]If you dont want to [D]get in trouble
[D]If you dont want to get in trouble
Better [D]let that [A]liar [D]alone
When a liar takes the notion to fend ? and prove
He'll lay around his neighbors and get the news
And nearly every day when you look out
You can see that liar coming to your house
He'll tell you such a lie it'll surprise your mind
He'll mix a little truth for to make it shine
When he gets his business fixed just right
Then that liar's going to cause a fight
He studies up a lie he'll tell it so smooth
You'll think absolutely that it must be true
And he'll urge you out for to trace the tale
And if you dont mind you'll be put in jail
When everything's in perfect peace
Then comes that liar with his deceit
A hypocrite liar both keeps up a fuss
They're both very bad but a liar's the worse
Notes: In 'Let That Liar', the words 'fend and prove' are an archaic term for discombobulation or slick argument with no conviction - used by John Locke in 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' in 1690. They betray the song's probable clerical origin, I guess. Justin Ward