Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one These things I Know The father only loves his own These things I Know But the mother is a sweet thing These things I Know A granmother shows accommodation These things I Know But the God can only speaks to his own Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one These things I Know Sometimes we must leave the city These things I Know Your verse may lie if your chorus is pretty These things I know Everyone believes the Wiki These things I Know The city smells but so does The countryside Words can be tricky Some say peace but they mean submission Truth can be sticky It's your truth, you're stuck with it Wrongs cannot be righted Without changing anothers' traditions They'll change their ways But only if you resist their insistence Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one Tale man tell me the tale of your life For I'm sure it is a good one These things I know A jealous God means a jealous priesthood These things I know When the visionaries' lie assert itself These things I know A jealous priest is a deadly enemy These things I know A deadly enemy serves you better dead Tale man tell me what's wrong with my life Am I only here to question? No, sir, you are undoubtedly here to cajole and make suggestion With the weird light shining in your eye Even hell would never see trough your disguise.