Released: March 2, 1987
Songwriter: Linda Thompson Betsy Cook
Producer: George Massenburg
[Verse 1]
They say a woman's a fool for weeping
A fool to break her own heart
But I can't hold the secret I'm keeping
I'm breaking apart
Can't seem to mind my own business
Whatever I try turns out wrong
I seem like my own false witness
And I can't go on
[Chorus]
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies, telling me lies
[Verse 2]
You told me you needed my company
And I believed in your flattering ways
You told me you needed me forever
Nearly gave you the rest of my days
Should have seen you for what you are
Should never have come back for more
Should have locked up all my silver
Brought the key back to your door
[Chorus]
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies, telling me lies
[Verse 3]
You don't know what a chance is
Until you have to seize one
You don't know what a man is
Until you have to please one
Don't put your life in the hands of a man
With a face for every season
Don't waste your time in the arms of a man
Who is no stranger to treason
[Chorus]
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies, telling me lies
They say a woman's a fool for weeping
A fool to break her own heart
But I can't hold the secret I'm keeping
I'm breaking apart
Can't seem to mind my own business
Whatever I try turns out wrong
I seem like my own false witness
And I can't go on
[Chorus]
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies, telling me lies
[Verse 2]
You told me you needed my company
And I believed in your flattering ways
You told me you needed me forever
Nearly gave you the rest of my days
Should have seen you for what you are
Should never have come back for more
Should have locked up all my silver
Brought the key back to your door
[Chorus]
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies, telling me lies
[Verse 3]
You don't know what a chance is
Until you have to seize one
You don't know what a man is
Until you have to please one
Don't put your life in the hands of a man
With a face for every season
Don't waste your time in the arms of a man
Who is no stranger to treason
[Chorus]
I cover my ears, I close my eyes
Still hear your voice and it's telling me lies, telling me lies
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Trio (1987)
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris popular songs
- Wildflowers
- The Pain of Loving You
- I Feel the Blues Movin’ In
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- High Sierra
- When We’re Gone, Long Gone
- After The Gold Rush
- Making Plans
- To Know Him Is to Love Him
- Hobo’s Meditation
- Telling Me Lies
- My Dear Companion
- Those Memories of You
- I’ve Had Enough
- Rosewood Casket
- Farther Along
- The Blue Train
- He Rode All the Way to Texas
- You’ll Never Be the Sun
- Feels Like Home
- Lover’s Return