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Artist: Steve Earle
Canonical path: /steve-earle/when-the-people-find-out
Related lyric paths: 6
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When The People Find Out
Read When The People Find Out lyrics by Steve Earle on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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When The People Find Out
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It's late at night
You're all alone
Pale moonlight
Cold as stone
Heart beats fast
Time moves slow
Strangers glance
Does he know
Where you gonna run to
Where you gonna hide
Where you gonna run to
Where you gonna hide
Where you gonna run to
Where you gonna hide
When the people find out
That you lied
They took you in, made you well
They told you things, they never tell
To pay the debt, you made em fools
That's what you get, they trusted you
When they run to the temple and find
That the treasure's gone
Do you think it's gonna be a cross
They're gonna nail you on
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Steve Earle performs "When The People Find Out", and this lyric page sits inside the Steve Earle catalog on LyroVerse.
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