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