Lyrics

Duplicity

You can't kid a kidder
And you can't con a con
Yeah, I can see right through you
Like I got x-ray glasses on

You're not that good an actor
And I've seen it all before
You might read lines with passion
But your performance leaves me bored

You're always playing defense
You're always on your guard
You must get awfully tired
You're always working so damn hard

With you it's cloak and dagger
A double agent in disguise
With all your covert operations
Your coded messages and lies

I scratch my head and wonder
How it ever got this weird
Hell, are you even in there?
Have you completely disappeared?

You're always playing defense
You're always on your guard
You must get awfully tired
But it doesn't have to be this hard

Cause I would love you the way you were
And I would love you the way you will be
And I would love you just the way you are
If you would just stop messing with me

You're always playing defense
You're always on your guard
You must be sick and tired
You know it doesn't have to be so hard

Cause I would love you the way you were
And I would love you the way you will be
And I would love you just the way you are
If you would just stop messing with me

If you could drop all this duplicity