| I don’t wanna go |
| Where everybody knows your name |
| So I just stay at home |
| Mm, anymore these days |
| 'Cause every time I leave the house |
| I hear somebody ask about you |
| And I just can’t bring myself to tell the truth about it |
| So I tell a lie, mm |
| Say you’re doin' pretty good |
| And things are goin' like they should |
| And when I get back home tonight |
| I’m gonna tell ya that they said to tell ya hi, mm-mm |
| 'Cause the truth is, the truth is |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em what the truth is |
| Oh, the truth is, the truth is |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em what the truth is |
| It’s so much easier |
| They don’t know that we’re just friends |
| Than goin' down that road |
| And losin' you all over again |
| 'Cause it’s hard to live with knowin' |
| All the things I did and didn’t do to keep you by my side |
| And I’m the reason for goodbye |
| And why you’re gone |
| I just talk about the weather or whatever |
| Yeah, 'cause anything is better than discussin' |
| All the nothin' that we got goin' on |
| And that I’m barely hangin' on |
| 'Cause the truth is, the truth is |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em what the truth is |
| Oh, the truth is, the truth is |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em what the truth is |
| But the truth is, the truth is |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em what the truth is |
| And the truth is, the truth is |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em what the truth is |
| (Every time I leave the house |
| I hear somebody ask about you |
| And I just can’t bring myself to tell the truth about it |
| So I tell a lie) |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| I don’t wanna tell 'em |
| (Say you’re doin' pretty good |
| And things are goin' like they should |
| And when I get back home tonight |
| I’m gonna tell ya that they said to tell ya hi) |
| What the truth is |