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All the Love Songs Lied to Us

from All The Love Songs Lied To Us by Li'l Andy

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lyrics

All The Love Songs Lied To Us

All the love songs lied to us—
the truth is so much worse.
The rush is so much better when
You feel your small heart burst.
And if you wanna hear it straight,
I will tell ya how
All the love songs lie—
except this one I’m singing now

All the love songs lied to us:
They told us “Love is Blind”.
But those oh-so-charming little songs
Have just one thing on their mind.
They peddle their convenient lies,
And whisper to our hearts,
Just so they can quickly rise
And make it in the charts

Yes, the love songs always simplify
Cuz that’s how they make it pay.
The love songs lie. But that’s alright,
We wanted it that way.

All the love songs lied to us:
They said: “Love Is All You Need”.
(If the world were only as simple
As Paul McCartney would have you believe.)
But the hell of it comes down to this:
Life is such a bore
Without it you will not find happiness
Or make it to the corner store

And those Country Western cheating songs
They never got it right:
It’s hotter than you ever dreamed
On those lonely, horny nights.

So all the love songs lied to us,
I’ll tell you one thing more.
It lifted me like a tidal wave
And broke me on the shore.
And I fell in love with Love itself,
So it wasn’t very long
‘Fore all I had was broken loves
And this useless little song.

credits

from All The Love Songs Lied To Us, released September 20, 2019
Andy: vocals
Ben Caissie: drums
Joe Grass: pedal steel
Josh Toal: electric bass; Fender VI
Joshua Zubot: violin

Andrew Horton: upright bass
Jean-Christophe Lizotte: cello
Jennifer Thiessen: viola

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"Montreal's greatest country songwriter today."--Pop Montreal

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