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Artist: Ian Dury
Canonical path: /ian-dury/i-could-lie
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Could Lie
Read I Could Lie lyrics by Ian Dury on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Could Lie
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I could lie before I could talk
Runaway before I could walk
I could cheat before I could play
I was gone before I could stay
I could curse before I could cry
I could sneer before I could sigh
I could want before I could need
I was awful in thought, word and deed
I could hate before I could feel
I could sell before I could steal
I could creep before I could crawl
I was big before I was small
I could curse before I could cry
I could sneer before I could sigh
I could want before I could need
I was awful in thought, word and deed
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-lala
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-lala
I could lie before I could talk
Runaway before I could walk
I could cheat before I could play
I was gone before I could stay
I could hate before I could feel
I could sell before I could steal
I could creep before I could crawl
I was big before I was small
I could hurt before I could cry
I could sneer before I could sigh
I could want before I could need
I was awful in thought, word and deed
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-lala
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-lala
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-lala
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-lala
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