London Don't Lie

If there's poison in this cup She still offers it up Then she tells me it's your life And darling it's your luck Ain't so desperate to be liked Or to be loved Ain't craved a validating mind She don't need your love London don't lie London don't lie London don't lie Don't lie, no no She don't dress the ugly truth To make her white teeth shine She don't lull me in a fire And tell me I'll be fine She pulls back the curtain clears the smoke and shows me A mirror standing clear to see myself the way she sees London don't lie London don't lie London don't lie Don't lie, no no London don't lie Don't waste my high London don't lie No don't lie no no She swallows the unsteady and spits you out Grab at you already, destroy your clout 'Cos you're unsteady, you're a little unsteady Little unsteady, you're a little unsteady Won't tell you that she love you in all your light She smells the fear on you dressed up to the nines But you're unsteady, you're a little unsteady Little unsteady, you're a little unsteady Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh I've seen the smiling faces Trading places, I just don't buy I've tasted lust and fucked the words The feigning wise impart I've walked the earth in search of something I was looking for Only to come home and find my heart beat in her arms London don't lie London don't lie London don't lie Don't lie, no no London don't lie Don't waste my high London don't lie No don't lie no no She swallows the unsteady and spits you out Grab at you already, destroy your clout 'Cos you're a... You're a little unsteady steady You're a little unsteady steady Won't tell you that she loves you in all your light She smells the fear on you dressed up to the nines But you're a... You're a little unsteady steady You're a little unsteady