Running Out of Lies

I'm tired of lyin', peepin', and hidin' And low-class places Oh, I'm so tired, baby I'm tired of worryin' whenever I come home late With your lipstick traces Oh, yes, I am, babe You can rest assure my woman's no fool She can tell I been lovin' you Stealin' your love is gettin' harder and harder The excuses I've been givin' just won't hold water I'm runnin' out of lies (lies), lies (lies, lies) Gettin' hard to think of an alibi Runnin' out of lies (lies, lies, lies) Gettin' hard to think of an alibi Please say goodbye I've got too many alibis (doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo) Oh, yes, I do I'm spreadin' myself a little too (doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo) I'm spreadin' myself a little too thin Tryin' to do the job of too many men (doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo) You can rest assure my woman's no fool She can tell just as good I been lovin' you Stealin' your love is gettin' harder and harder The excuse I've been givin', it won't hold water I'm runnin' out of lies (lies), lies (lies, lies) Gettin' hard to think of an alibi Runnin' out of lies (lies), lies (lies, lies) Gettin' hard to think of an alibi No, my woman ain't no fool, y'all She can tell just as good that I been out with somebody else You know, a lot of times, I don't wanna talk about it I try, I try to get it off of my mind But then my conscience, you know everybody got a conscience My conscience get to botherin' me And when I'm tryin' to go to sleep at night Seem like to me I can hear my conscience say, "Johnnie You oughta be ashamed of yourself (doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo) You know you got a good woman, you oughta treat her right" And I, I made a deal with my conscience That if my conscience didn't bother me (doo-doo) I sure wouldn't bother my conscience (doo-doo-doo-doo) But every now and then, it comes around to me and tells me "Johnnie, you, you know you been wrong, yes, you have" A lot of fellas out there been wrong You oughta go to your baby and tell her, "Honey Oh, I'm sorry for takin' you through all of these changes I'm sorry, baby, yeah, I'm sorry that I did you wrong I'm sorry I broke your heart, baby" And it seem like to me I'm runnin' out of lies (lies), lies (lies, lies) It's gettin' hard to think of an alibi Lies (lies), lies (lies, lies) Is that your woman? (Gettin' hard to think of an alibi) I'm runnin' out of lies (lies), lies (lies, lies) Gettin' hard to think of an alibi Lies