Reba McEntire - You Lie

You Lie

"You Lie" is a song written by Bobby Fischer, Charlie Black and Austin Roberts, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in August 1990 as the first single from the album Rumor Has It. "You Lie" was Reba McEntire's fourteenth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 20 weeks on the country chart.

Before McEntire's version was released, Cee Cee Chapman cut it on her 1988 album Twist of Fate.

The narrator knows her husband no longer loves her, and is agonizing over whether to play along to keep him close (knowing he is only staying out of obligation), or to do the right thing and let him go. At the end of the video, the narrator (played by Reba) symbolically releases a wild horse.

Reba McEntire - You Lie Lyrics

We lie in the dark I know you're awake

The only sounds are the sounds this old house makes

But, oh how I long, I long to hear your voice

Desperate to talk, yearning to touch

Burning inside 'cause I want you so much

So I say I need you and leave you no choice

You lie you don't want to hurt me

So you lie, buy a little time, and I go along

What else can I do, maybe it's wrong

But you know how much I love you

So you lie, 'til you can find a way to say goodbye

You lie

How long until you just can't go on

And the urge to break loose is just too strong

You should let go that's what you want to do

Oh but you don't know, you don't know 

If it's the right thing to do

You lie you don't want to hurt me

So you lie, buy a little time, and I go along

What else can I do, maybe it's wrong

But you know how much I love you

So you lie, 'til you can find a way to say goodbye

You lie

We lie in the dark I know you're awake

The only sounds are the sounds this old house makes

But, oh how I long, I long to hear your voice

Desperate to talk, yearning to touch

Burning inside 'cause I want you so much

So I say I need you and leave you no choice

You lie you don't want to hurt me

So you lie, buy a little time, and I go along

What else can I do, maybe it's wrong

But you know how much I love you

So you lie, 'til you can find a way to say goodbye

You lie

How long until you just can't go on

And the urge to break loose is just too strong

You should let go that's what you want to do

Oh but you don't know, you don't know 

If it's the right thing to do

You lie you don't want to hurt me

So you lie, buy a little time, and I go along

What else can I do, maybe it's wrong

But you know how much I love you

So you lie, 'til you can find a way to say goodbye

You lie