[ti:Running Out Of Lies] [ar:Johnnie Taylor] [al:Rated X-Traordinaire: The Best of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Running Out Of Lies (Album Version) - Johnnie Taylor [00:17.46]I'm tired of lying peeping and hiding [00:27.04]And low class places Oh I'm so tired baby [00:36.16]I'm tired of worrying whenever I come home late [00:45.03]With your lipstick traces [00:49.34]Oh yes I am babe [00:53.54]You can rest assured my woman's no fool [00:58.85]She can tell I been loving you [01:03.40]Stealing your love is getting harder and harder [01:07.67]The excuses I been giving just won't hold water [01:13.22]I'm running out of lies [01:19.00]Getting hard to think of an alibi [01:23.72]Running out of lies [01:27.78]Getting hard to think of an alibi [01:37.38]Please say goodbye [01:45.05]I've got too many alibis [01:50.65]Oh yes I do [01:55.05]I'm spreading myself a little too thin [02:04.52]Trying to do the job of too many men [02:13.62]You can rest assured my woman's no fool [02:17.47]She can tell just as good I been loving you [02:23.39]Stealing your love is getting harder and harder [02:27.08]The excuses I been giving just won't hold water [02:32.95]I'm running out of lies [02:38.25]Getting hard to think of an alibi [02:43.03]Running out of lies [02:47.88]Getting hard to think of an alibi [02:52.63]No my woman ain't no fool y'all [02:55.07]She can tell just as good that [03:00.59]I been out with somebody else [03:03.33]You know a lot of times [03:05.49]I don't wanna talk about it I try [03:09.92]I try to get it off of my mind [03:13.25]But then my conscience [03:13.98]You know everybody got a conscience [03:16.76]My conscience get to bothering me [03:18.93]And when I try to go to sleep at night [03:22.36]Seem like to me I can hear my conscience say [03:24.59]"Johnnie you oughta be ashamed of yourself [03:30.79]You know you got a good woman [03:32.70]And you oughta treat her right [03:35.71]" I made a deal with my conscience [03:37.76]That if my conscience didn't bother me [03:40.56]I sure wouldn't bother my conscience [03:41.93]But every now and then [03:45.28]It comes around to me and tells me [03:47.26]"Johnnie you know you been wrong yes you have [03:53.65]" A lot of fellas out there been wrong [03:55.44]You oughta go to your baby and tell her [03:57.55]Honey oh I'm sorry for taking you [04:03.60]Through all of these changes [04:04.94]I'm sorry baby [04:13.91]I'm sorry that I did you wrong [04:17.45]I'm sorry I broke your heart baby [04:20.69]And it seem like to me [04:22.05]I'm running out of lies [04:27.50]It's getting hard to think of an alibi