It wasn't even difficult, I hardly had to try Just my human nature, damned hard to deny And it started with one little white lie Lie, lie, pretty little lie ... compromising Lie, Lie, one shade at a time ... one shade at a time Lie, lie, dirty little lie ... no disguising Lie, lie, an addiction to crime ... an addiction to crime And you're no different than me, The disease the same And you're not different from her, Only the symptoms change Only the symptoms change The disease ... the disease remains I didn't think it possible, it's all beyond my shame That my heart is noble, and I believed this game Now it's started, it's all the same Lie, lie, pretty little lie ... compromising Lie, Lie, one shade at a time ... one shade at a time Lie, lie, dirty little lie ... no disguising Lie, lie, an addiction to crime ... an addiction to crime And you're no different than me, The disease the same And you're not different from her, Only the symptoms change Only the symptoms change The disease remains the same