People Can Tell You Lies
Album: Could This Be...
By: Jeffrey Philip Nelson
By: Jeffrey Philip Nelson
Duration
2:57
Genres
Description
I was watching TV with my wife one afternoon and was shocked at the money and material that the media sells every day as important. I wrote a song in turn about the state of selfishness we all are in, life should be about other people.
Lyrics
People can tell you lies Don’t trust the words of a man Who loves his life more than yours Takes a lot of humans a way to live The standard of life Money for the pockets of the man without a home Life should be a sacrifice And I just killed one Selfish ambition take over my life As I grow aware of the weary state I am in Its all about me Money for the pockets of men who don’t try What about me, they screwed up there lives, its not fair Life should be a sacrifice And I just killed one Whats wrong with my mind, I am thinking away Away from the path, away from the life, I have changed Television tells me to think this way Its all about you and what you can pay with what you make Life should be a sacrifice And I just killed one Pride sets in I feel so weak When its all about me I cant satisfy My empty soul We were born this way into sin Our secret lives justified by you and I
