It's Hard To Keep A Good Lie Down Song Lyrics and Chords
It's Hard To Keep A Good Lie Down Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Rodriguez
It's Hard To Keep A Good Lie Down
Recorded by Johnny Rodriguez
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Kindly keep it to your
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self friends and neighbors
Don't
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spread it all over
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town
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Everybody's bound to
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know sooner or later
Cause it's
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hard to keep a good lie
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down
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Everybody thought
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we'd be together
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all just know I took you
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home
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What
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they don't know is bound to
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hurt us sooner or later
That it
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ended
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fore it
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started
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and we
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both were
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home
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alone
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kindly keep it to your
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self friends and neighbors
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spread it all over
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town
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Everybody's bound to
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know sooner or later
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hard to keep a good lie
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down
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So let's
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make the best of a
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bad
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hard to keep a good lie
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down
A good lie
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down
FAQ
Who sang the the song It's Hard To Keep A Good Lie Down?
- The song It's Hard To Keep A Good Lie Down was sang by Johnny Rodriguez.
Who is Johnny Rodriguez?
- Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career.
