It's a Lie
 
Composers:
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
 
Recording date: June-October 1979 & May-June 2021
Recording locations: Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France & RAK Studios, London, England
Producers: The Glimmer Twins          Chief engineer: Chris Kimsey
Never performed onstage

Note: Outtake from the EMOTIONAL RESCUE sessions

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Keith Richards (incl. solo) & Mick Jagger

Slide electric guitar: Ron Wood 

Vocals: Mick Jagger
 
Piano: Ian Stewart

Harmonica:
Sugar Blue
Percussion:
Mick Jagger 

 
People say they saw me in Africa
Out in the bush shooting lions
Flew all up Nigeria
Posted the heads online

And I heard that you got a new baby
With an old friend of mine
He's an MBA and he's a billionaire
You've been totally redesigned

Well it's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry

Well it's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down vicious lie - yeah
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry
Don't make me cry

All summer long I've been in Italy
Tippling down the wine
On the run with
A different duchess every night - yeah

But my only lover came from Antiquity
Found her on a building site
She's got no head
She's cut from marble so white

Well it's a lie, it's a lie
I've been questioned by the FBI
I've got a clean sheet hung over my head
Holding it high


It's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry
Don't make me cry
 
I've just heard I'm getting married
Round about the 4th of July
Honeymoon in Hawaii, put it in your diary
Don't forget your black tie

Well it's a lie, it's a lie
I swear it on my mother's life
My conscience is clear, I've got nothing to hide
Nothing to hide


Well it's a lie, it's a lie
Well it's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry

Don't make me cry

Stole an election, took it to a fence
He tried to get the highest price
The whole thing is passé, put it on ebay
Should have took my lawyer's advice

It's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry - well


It's a lie, it's a lie
A vicious, despicable lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry - yeah


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