What's that lyin' on her pillow
Folded up so neat
What once was love is now a letter

Lying where she used to sleep
Oh, I thought love was something I could count on
But it took her to show me that


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Love lies-right to your face

Love lies-just when I had faith
It would let me down
I know that love lies-right to the end

Love lies-I know the word will never mean the same to me

What's this emptiness inside me

Where her promise used to be
She said she'd be here to guide me
I guess now the joke's on me

Oh, I thought love was something like devotion
But it took her to show me that


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Just when you think you know what love is about

Someone takes your place, and you find that

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