Truth Be Told

Authors

Matthew West (Text)

Truth Be Told

Verse 1
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 Lie number 
one you're supp
osed to h
ave it all
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And when they a
sk how you're
 doing
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Just 
smile and tell th
em, "Never be
tter"
Verse 2
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Lie number 2 
everybody's lif
e is perf
ect except
 yours
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So keep your m
esses and your 
wounds
bss
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And your s
ecrets safe with y
ou behind cl
osed doors
Verse 3
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 Truth be 
told
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 The t
ruth is 
rarely to
ld, now
Verse 4
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I say I'm f
ine, yeah I'm f
ine oh I'm fin
e, hey I'm fin
e but I'm not
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I'm b
roken
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And when it's o
ut of control 
I say it's und
er control but 
it's not
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And you k
now it
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I d
on't know why it's so hard to ad
mit it
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When being h
onest is the 
only way to f
ix it
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There's no f
ailure, no 
fall
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There's no 
sin you don't 
already k
now
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So let the t
ruth be 
told
Verse 5
There's a sign on the door, says, "Come as you are" but I doubt it
'Cause if we lived like it was true, every Sunday morning pew would be crowded
Verse 6
But didn't you say the church should look more like a hospital
A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred and the prodigals
Like me
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Can I really st
and here unash
amed
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Knowin' that Your l
ove for me won't c
hange?
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Oh God if t
hat's really true
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Then l
et 
the t
ruth 
be t
old
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