Really tonight I'm really letting go There was something you said that just changed it all And even though it came out all hollow and faint I can see what you're hiding I know what you can't When you lie and tell me you're happy When you lie, lie, lie And tell me you're happy And I wanted to ask about the sadness in you But it frightenedme and somehow I already knew I'm a marked man now, I'll always return And if I can't forget, and if I can't unlearn You must lie and tell me you're happy You gotta lie, lie, lie And tell me you're happy There's so many ways to live a life There are so many ways To get stuck in a lie Should we meet again, say in 15 years You must promise me this, if you can't be sincere You must lie and tell me you're happy You gotta lie, lie, lie And tell me you're happy For a while there I though I was closed to home And not just any port in any storm Did we violate a higher plan Well you can comfort me in ways no repentance can Just lie and tell me you're happy I guess I'm just a romantic fool I'm scared of dying and so are you And if they fence you in, and I'm no longer here Don't say we were just trying to fight the years No baby, you lie and tell me you're happy