Well I'm reading this poem
   and it's so profound
   and I like its rhythm
   and I like its sound
   it's by a very famous poet
   no critic can criticise
   and then I pause a moment
   and I start to realize
   he's tellin'
   lies lies lies
   on the motel TV.
   I dig the evangelist
   he'll tell you all about that
   and then he tell you all about this
   he's preachin' up a storm
   by the sea of Galilee
   he's mixin' up the truth
   with something funny I start to see
   he's tellin'
   lies lies lies
   I never had this problem
   with nobody in the government
   I guess I always figured
   they never mean what they meant
   and GOD help us all
   not to be so stone surprised
   when we wake up in the stars
   with the skies in our eyes
   if we keep tellin'
   lies lies lies