Lyrics:

I Have a Tale to Tell
Sometimes, it Gets So Hard to Hide it Well
I Was Not Ready for the Fall
Too Blind to See the Writing on the Wall

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me

I Know Where Beauty Lives
I've Seen it Once, I Know the Warm She Gives
The Light That You Could Never See
It Shines Inside, You Can't Take That From Me

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me

[Post-Chorus]
The Truth is Never Far Behind
You Kept it Hidden Well
If I Live to Tell the Secret I Knew Then
Will I Ever Have the Chance Again?

If I Ran Away, I'd Never Have the Strength to Go Very Far
How Would They Hear the Beating of My Heart?
Will it Grow Cold, the Secret That I Hide? Will I Grow Old?
How Will They Hear? When Will They Learn? How Will They Know?

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me

[Post-Chorus]
The Truth is Never Far Behind
You Kept it Hidden Well
If I Live to Tell the Secret I Knew Then
Will I Ever Have the Chance Again?

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me; I Have a Tale to Tell
Sometimes, it Gets So Hard to Hide it Well
I Was Not Ready for the Fall
Too Blind to See the Writing on the Wall

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me

I Know Where Beauty Lives
I've Seen it Once, I Know the Warm She Gives
The Light That You Could Never See
It Shines Inside, You Can't Take That From Me

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me

[Post-Chorus]
The Truth is Never Far Behind
You Kept it Hidden Well
If I Live to Tell the Secret I Knew Then
Will I Ever Have the Chance Again?

If I Ran Away, I'd Never Have the Strength to Go Very Far
How Would They Hear the Beating of My Heart?
Will it Grow Cold, the Secret That I Hide? Will I Grow Old?
How Will They Hear? When Will They Learn? How Will They Know?

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me

[Post-Chorus]
The Truth is Never Far Behind
You Kept it Hidden Well
If I Live to Tell the Secret I Knew Then
Will I Ever Have the Chance Again?

A Man Can Tell a Thousand Lies
I've Learned My Lesson Well
Hope I Live to Tell the Secret I Have Learned
'til Then, it Will Burn Inside of Me