At #12 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 we have the second appearance of Morgan Wallen. His ‘Lies Lies Lies’ peaked at #7 before falling out of the Top Ten. It says a lot about the recent surge in country music on this chart that this song’s performance could be viewed as a bit of a disappointment.
‘Lies Lies Lies’ is the first single from an upcoming Wallen album. It’s a traditional booze-soaked heartbreak song dressed up in the modern production that has made Wallen a major crossover success.
I don’t come down with the Sun
I won’t hate myself when the mornin’ comes
No thoughts of your body runnin’ through my head
No bottle of bourbon beside the bed, ’cause
[Verse 2]
It wasn’t no thing to give you up
I never reach for you in another touch
Don’t ever think about you with him
And girl, tonight I won’t call again and again
Ain’t nothin’ but
[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies
Look into my eyes, eyes, eyes
I’m still a fool for you
Nothin’ I wouldn’t do for you
Lies, lies, lies
Girl, I’m on a downhill dive
Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, liеs, lies
Yeah, baby, I can try, try, try
[Verse 3]
To act like I don’t givе a damn, but I do
Bet you’re missin’ me bad as I miss you
Snowballs to a phone call
Soundin’ somethin’ stupid
Baby, ’cause the truth is
The ninety proof is tellin’ me
[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies
Look into my eyes, eyes, eyes
I’m still a fool for you
Nothin’ I wouldn’t do for you
Lies, lies, lies
Girl, I’m on a downhill dive
Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, lies, lyin’ to myself
Why, why, why in the hell
Do I keep sayin’, “I can get you back”?
That’s about as honest as sayin’ that
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t come down with the Sun
I won’t hate myself when the mornin’ comes
Them ain’t nothin’ but
[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies
Look into my eyes, eyes, eyes
I’m still a fool for you
Nothin’ I wouldn’t do for you
Lies, lies, lies
Girl, I’m on a downhill dive
Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, lies, lies
[Outro]
Lies, lies, lies
This is a rather paint by numbers country pop song, but it’s clearly working for him.