Madonna - Live To Tell

I have a tale to tell

Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well

I was not ready for the fall

Too blind to see the writing on the wall

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

'Til then, it will burn inside of me

I know where beauty lives

I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives

The light that you could never see

It shines inside, you can't take that from me

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

'Til then, it will burn inside of me

The truth is never far behind

You kept it hidden well

If I live to tell the secret I knew then

Will I ever have the chance again?

If I ran away, I'd never have the strength to go very far

How would they hear the beating of my heart?

Will it grow cold, the secret that I hide? Will I grow old?

How will they hear? When will they learn? How will they know?

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

'Til then, it will burn inside of me

The truth is never far behind

You kept it hidden well

If I live to tell the secret I knew then

Will I ever have the chance again?

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

'Til then, it will burn inside of me

• Artist:Carol Welsman
• Album:e Blue (1986)