Standard Lie Number One chords by Stella Parton

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Verse 1
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Guess I've either heard
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or told all the standard lie.
Cause when I hear him telling one,
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it comes as no surprise.
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He never has a new one,
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they're the ones he's told before.
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And I've kinda' got em ' numbered,
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and it's just like keeping score.
He says sorry I'm so late but
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I ran into an old friend.
I know that one well,
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that's old standard number ten.
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I won't be home for dinner hun
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cause I'll be workin late.
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Well score one more for good ol '
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standard lie number eight.
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There's no way of keeping score
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on standard number for.
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He tells himself that I don't
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know what's goin ' on.
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Then he come's home after midnight,
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when he's got his cheatin ' done and
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whispers that he loves me standard
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lie number one.
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Those lie's are his favorites,
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they're the ones he likes to tell.
But there's a different set of numbers,
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for the ones I tell myself.
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But my lies hurt me so much more
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than his old stories do.
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Cause I know his are lies,
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and I pretend that mine are true.
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Standard number three is that
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someday I'm gonna leave.
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Number two is,
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he'll be sorry when I'm gone.
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But the biggest one of all,
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the one that keeps me hangin' on.
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Is that he really loves me.
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Standard lie number one.
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Standard lie number one.
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Standard lie number one.