Procol Harum - Nothing But The Truth Lyrics

Procol Harum Lyrics

"Nothing But The Truth"

(Is it on, Tommy?)

It seems as clear as yesterday
We saw it in a dream
But dream became insanity
An awful gaping scream

So sad to see such emptiness
So sad to see such tears
And heaped up leaves of bitterness
Turned mouldy down the years

Nothin' but the truth
Common words in use
Hard to find excuse
Harder than the truth

Ooh, yeah
Uh-huh

Like Icarus, we flew too high
Flew too near the sun
Caught us in that awful glare
Our hapless throats were strung

But just before the final stroke
They took us victims off the rope
And cast us far beyond the deep
To lie in never-ending sleep

Ooh, yeah
Ooh

It seems as clear as yesterday
They cast us in the deep
We lie in darkest night for good
A never-ending sleep

A never-ending bitter gloom
Whose darkness seldom clears
A godforsaken emptiness
Which fills our hearts with tears

Nothin' but the truth
Common words in use
Hard, so hard to find excuse
Harder than the truth

Ooh, yeah
Hey, ho!
Ooh, yeah

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Writer(s): Keith Reid, Gary Brooker

album: "Exotic Birds And Fruit" (1974)

Procol Harum - Exotic Birds And Fruit album cover

Nothing But The Truth

Beyond The Pale

As Strong As Samson

The Idol

The Thin End Of The Wedge

(Reissue Bonus Track)

The Blue Danube

(Instrumental)

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