Tell em all I'm on vacation,
Say I went to visit friends,
That you ain't 1 or seen from me in quite a while,
When they ask you 2 I've been,
Tell em I'm out on the west coast where it don't ever rain,
And 3 I'm probably doing fine,

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Just don't tell em I've gone crazy,
That I'm still strung out 4 you,
Tell em anything you want to,
Just don't tell em all the truth,
Yeah don't tell em all the 5 ,

Tell em all I'm out in Vegas,
Blowin' every dollar I ever made,
Tell em that I must be into 6 bad for me cause,
I sure lost a lot of weight,
Tell em I'm out on the road with some old rock and 7 band,
Living like a gypsy can,

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The truth is that I'm asking you to lie,
And we 8 know that it ain't right,
But if you ever loved me please,
Have 9 mercy on me,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

Tell em anything you want to,
Just don't tell em all the truth,
Yeah don't tell em all the truth,
I still need you,
Yeah that's the truth,
I still love you,
Baby that's the truth.