Same Old Lie

It's the same old lie they tell you When you're little Try to make you forget just what it is you're really made of And follow on just like most everyone But you and me we ain't like most everyone Pure individual Bright as the shining sun And sure as hell we know where it is we come from And where it is yeah we're probably going back to But now we gonna live a little Try and get a little truth It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie It's the same old lie you been reading about Bleeding out Now who's getting cheated out? You best believe it's the silent majority And if you don't vote it's on you not me It's the same old lie told from the dawn of time yeah Stretch it out a little try to milk every last dime Hate crimes shelter lines they try to take what's yours and mine Is there any peace to be found in a lifetime? It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie It's the same old lie you gotta live with it Or if you got sense then you better try changing it But nothing is more difficult Than changing what's been comfortable We've seen it tried a million times It's hard to think when hypnotized But a lies a lie it destroys from the inside Decays the teeth from behind that false smile A lie is a lie and I've told my share but I know i'm gonna suffer for the shit I put out there It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie Well it's the same old lie I think I died a little Guns drawn faces long How much killing can be done? It's the same old lie they tell you when you die There are mansions up in heaven Fifty virgins off in the sky Well you cant trade today for some far off promise of tomorrow You cant build love out of guns blood and sorrow They say we cant live together But we know that's a lie 'Cause we know it in our heart we can make it if we try It's the same it's the same it's the same old lie Same lie --- Same Old Lie - Jim James and Louisville Orchestra