Patterson Hood - Better Than the Truth Lyrics
Billy Ringo always said that fish don't biteYou get a break to save my lifeYou get a break for all my lifeFell out the window with the glass bong in his handOn the ground he didn't land, on his back with the smoking in his handBilly Ringo said he nearly crashed his carOn the winding roads not far from the house he used to live inSaid he fell in the ties living off the babyBut he pulled it out in time and then made it home by 5And he said I'm only looking for the second above levelA bullshit I can live with, some things gotta giveAnd I never could stand that son of a ***** there in the mirrorStarring back at me,starring back at meBilly Ringo liked to play his music loudSaid he never was allowedTo become the things he said that he wasDestined for the nights drinking at the barTalking about a shining starAnd impended enclaveHe said I'm only looking for the second above levelA bullshit I can live with, some things gotta giveAnd if I wrote it in a movie it will all be differentlyAnd would be better than the truthBetter than the truthAnd last time I saw Billy he was drinking at the badWe went out and made some small talk he invited me overAnd he started giving me all the paintings on his wallSaid he wanted me to have them but he wouldn't say what forAnd if I wrote it in a movieIt would end there on the groundLike I said there in the first verseThat's how he would be foundI would spare the movie goers all the bitter sad detailsBetter than the truthI would spare the movie goers all the bitter sad detailsBetter than the truth
