ALBUM - You'll Paint a Sunset Someday

Easy Lies

Published by Dusty Records, BMI
Words: Michael O'Connor
Music: Sally Klein O'Connor

©Copyright 1993 Improbable People Ministries

I've been looking for answers all the days of my life
I can't help but ask questions that cut deep as a knife
Sometimes I walk away wounded from the answers I've found
Once I mined me a gem so solid and sound

I put the prize in my pocket, moved on down the road
Shared the wisdom around, tried to lighten the load
'Til someone out on the highway, masquerading as wise
Tried to tell me my diamond was just a rock in disguise

Easy Lies
Comfortable truth
Hooks I swallowed whole
In my terminal youth
Propaganda with passion
Though I had no proof
Just easy lies
And comfortable truth

Once a Fuller Brush Witness came and knocked on my door
Selling spiritual fitness he said I shouldn't ignore
"Can you get me to Heaven?" I pleaded through tears
"Wish I could," said the fella: "It's been booked for years."

"Got a room at the Hilton, got a suite with a view
And it's Heaven on Earth, it's the best we can do"
I told him my reservations trading treasure for tricks
Won’t give up my Father’s mansion for your Motel 6

Easy lies
Comfortable truth
Jumping into forever
With no parachute
Run it up the ol' flagpole
And see who salutes
Those easy lies
And comfortable truths

I found myself at a meeting, a convention of gods
Now I'm no Jimmy the Greek, but tell me what are the odds?
Told me I could be mighty, roam the universe free
But then Baba Rum Raisin, spoke through god number three

Said I wasted the effort, riding here on a bus
You could have astral projected, leave the flying to us"
Well, there's only one God, and I know I'm not Him
Trade my diamond for crystal? I won't go out on that limb!

Easy lies
Comfortable truth
Hooks I swallowed whole
In my terminal youth
Propaganda with passion
Though I had no proof
Just easy lies
And comfortable truth

Well, I've heard all the stories: "I'll come back, get it right"
"When life's over it's over." "Just follow the light."
They're all warm and seductive, make you wanna believe
It's designer religion, designed to deceive

Well the truth is the truth and a lie is a lie
God left us a blueprint so we'll never die
It's the diamond of Hope, Love, Mercy and Truth
Walk a mile with me and I'll share it with you

Easy lies
Comfortable truth
It's the River of Life
We've learned to pollute
When it flows from the Savior
Then we have no use
For easy Lies
And comfortable truth

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