You Lie

According to the You Lie Songfacts, the song was written by family songwriting team Aaron, Brian and Clara Henningsen, who also penned or co-penned several other tracks on The Band Perry. They are a fifth generation farm family from Illinois.

[Verse 1] It ain't complicated Well, I've grown to hate it I never liked the taste of crow But baby, I ate it [Verse 2] They tried to warn me They said that you were ornery So don't bring me those big brown eyes And tell me that you're sorry [Pre-Chorus] Well, you might as well throw gasoline On a fire The way you lie [Chorus] You lie like a priceless Persian rug On a rich man's floor Well, you lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine On my porch The way you lie like a penny in the parking lot At the grocery store It just comes way too natural to you The way you lie [Verse 3] That ain't my perfume I bet she had a curfew You told me you were out with the boys And baby, I believed you [Verse 4] So why you lookin' so nervous? You know you're gonna deserve this I oughta kill you right now And do the whole wide world a service [Pre-Chorus] Well, my daddy's gonna straighten you out Like a piece of wire Like a piece of wire The way you lie [Chorus] You lie like the man with the slick back hair Who sold me that Ford Well, you lie like the pine tree in the back yard After last month's storm Well, you lie like a penny in the parking lot At the grocery store It just comes way too natural to you The way you lie [Bridge] Well, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do I'm gonna drive To the big ol' muddy river I'm gonna park my car in the middle of the mile-long Bridge And then I'm not gonna cry-y Well, maybe just a little Then I'm gonna slip off the ring That you put on my finger Give it a big ol' fling And watch it sink Down, down, down And there it's gonna lie Until the Lord comes back around [Chorus] Because you lie like a priceless Persian rug On a rich man's floor You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine On my porch Well, you lie like a penny in the parking lot At the grocery store It just comes so dang natural to you The way you lie The way you lie [Outro] Well, it's what you do It's who you are