A Thousand Lies

By Machine Head

On Burn My Eyes

Released on August 9, 1994

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[Intro]

Go


[Refrain]

Get up


[Verse 1]

What is a man that stays true to the game

But has to cheat a little to get by?

Well, that's a person that I know too well

Don't want to know, but I don't have to ask why

Everyone like a loaded gun

You want some shit? I'll fucking pound you, son

Don't need a reason, pain I'm feeling

I gotta vent, or else I blow inside


[Pre-Chorus]

Introspection, termination

Can't tell right from wrong

Fed up with this whole system

It's gone on far too long


[Chorus]

You tell a thousand lies, been told a thousand times

Your words we hear, but we cannot sympathize

Thousand lies, been told a thousand times

Hard as nails, the power to survive


[Refrain]

Get up


[Verse 2]

What is a man that stays true to the game

But can't believe some of the things he sees?

Anger's a gift and I won't be kept down

In poverty, there is no democracy

Used needle and a crack vial

A broken bottle and a bullet shell

This urban life is so volatile

An inner city or a concrete hell


[Pre-Chorus]

Introspection, termination

Can't tell right from wrong

Fed up with this whole system

It's gone on far too long


[Chorus]

You tell a thousand lies, been told a thousand times

Your words we hear, but we cannot sympathize

Thousand lies, been told a thousand times

Hard as nails, the power to survive

Go


[Lead - Flynn]


[Refrain]

So pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, get up


[Verse 3]

What is a man, don't stay true to the game

Don't care for no one, only cares for his greed?

He's playing God, killing thousands of people

'Cause the power is the fix that he needs

Racist goal of the white devil

I watched our souls burning over oil

A politician got no feeling

It makes my motherfucking cold blood boil


[Pre-Chorus]

Introspection, termination

Can't tell right from wrong

Fed up with this whole system

It's gone on far too long


[Chorus]

You tell a thousand lies, been told a thousand times

Your words we hear, but we cannot sympathize

Thousand lies, been told a thousand times

Hard as nails, the power to survive


[Outro]

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