Andrew Calhoun

Two Roads 

©2003 Andrew Calhoun, recorded on Shadow of a Wing. 

You have been discreet, 
Doin' me a favor,
But the word is on the street 
Like the news is in the paper. 
Who you been seein'? 
What you been doin'? 
The truth and the lie 
Are two roads to ruin. 

You have been discreet, 
You do it up proud; 
Your presence so empty, 
Your absence so loud. 
Who you been seein'? 
What you been doin'? 
The truth and the lie 
Are two roads to ruin. 

It's all played on the black keys, 
In the stretches and the makeup; 
Impatience and courtesies, 
Your brand-new short haircut. 
Who you been seein'? 
What you been doin'? 
The truth and the lie 
Are two roads to ruin. 

Say which little promise 
Will you keep today? 
As all of Israel 
Falls away. 
Who you been seein'? 
What you been doin'? 
The truth and the lie 
Are two roads to ruin.