Tell The Truth

The Avett Brothers

Compositor: Seth Avett

Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place

I lied to the doctor
I lied to my lover
I wanna make amends but where do I start
Tell the truth to yourself, and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself, and the rest will fall in place

Tell the truth to yourself
I could make my mother, my father, my sister
My brother, my lover, my neighbor, my friends all happy
Give of myself whatever they ask
But without this single truth, it is only emptiness
That I cast, a happiness that will not last
But I'm not here for that, for what does happiness help without
This simple truth given to thyself

I was the coward, I that strangled your heart
I wanna make a amends but where do I start
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place
Tell the truth to yourself and the rest will fall in place