Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It behoves
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every one of us to speak the truth.
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This a lesson we were taught
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from our very youth.
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It behoves every one of us
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to speak the truth
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This a lesson we were taught
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from our very youth
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Theologians say that it's unworthy
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And radically wrong to speak untruthfully
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That is why it is a sin
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You know as well as I,
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I mean to tell a lie
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I shall endeavor to quote
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a few analogies
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Drawn from biblical and
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mythological studies
Concerning Satan
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and his infamous stratagem
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By which he deceived the
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children of Eden
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Thence came the curse on
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all creation
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Transmitted to the present generation
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That is why it is a sin,
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you know as well as I
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I mean to tell a lie
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Most of you descriptural incid
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ent will remember
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About Ananias, Caiaphas,
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and St. Peter
Go and sell your property,
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they both were bid
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But the truth rise from St. Peter,
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they wrongly hid
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And their blasphemous mendacity
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Was punished with
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death instantaneously
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That is why it is a sin,
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you know as well as I
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I mean to tell a lie
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A contrast between
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veracity and fallacy
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Can be quoted from classical
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mythology
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Concerning the story of Mercury
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And his dealings with the
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woodmen respectively
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Truth was with a golden axe rewarded
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But the liar was with punishment inflicted
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That is why it is a sin,
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you know as well as I
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I mean to tell a lie
Outro 1
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