Jay McShann : Confessin‘ the Blues [ purchase ] I’ll get to the main body of this post in a moment, but first, I have a confession to m...

Eurythmics : Would I Lie to You? [ purchase ] I seem to be reliving the days of synth-pop this week. First the Thompson Twins, and now ...

The V-Roys: Lie I Believe   [ purchase ] Scott Miller has built a reputation over the last decade as one of the finest songwriters and perfo...

Thompson Twins : Lies [ purchase ] The Thompson Twins song Lies takes off from the worst lie you can tell a person, if it is a lie: “I love ...

Ann Savoy : C'est Une Peche De Dire Un Mentire [ purchase ] Cajun music has its roots in the French-speaking northeastern Canadian...

The Beatles: Lies [currently unavailable] Such were their abilities at the height of their powers that even the Beatles' b-sides were p...

The Faces (Japan) : Lola [ purchase ] The obvious lie in this post is that the version I posted wasn't the Kinks at all, but a gir...

Chuck Durfur with Connie McKenna : John Riley [ purchase ] John Riley is a song with a very big lie. Riley has sailed for seven years, ...

Bob Dylan: Jack-A-Roe [ purchase ] This song is really a story within a story, although you don't find that out until the last verse. ...

Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees [ purchase ] There's nothing oblique about these lyrics: keeping up the appearances of a perfect, plastic...

First lie: This is not Three Dog Night; it's Argent! Three Dog Night : Liar [ purchase ] Three Dog Night is the only group I know ...

Violent Femmes: Promise Purchase You know that I want your loving But my logic tells me that it ain't never gonna happen And the...

Ben E. King : Don't Play That Song [ purchase ] Here’s another original, one which I have not featured in my long-running series over a...

Tom Waits : Step Right Up [ purchase ] Boyhowdy is responsible for the pictures on the sidebar that accompany our themes. When I saw th...

Tift Merritt: Trouble Over Me [ purchase ] Tift Merritt carries us from trouble to dissent with this fully self-aware plea for self delusio...