Tampa Red - A Lie In My Heart lyrics

A Lie In My Heart Trk 15 Dsc 2 3:09 song 39 Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) And The Chicago Five Aurora, Illinois, March 14, 1938 Leland Hotel Top Floor Tampa Red- vocal,& guitar, unk - trumpet (coronet) poss. Bill Owsley - tenor sax, prob. Blind John Davis - piano unk string ba** (poss. imitation sb) Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938 2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com I may be wrong to say, I love you I'll put your day in the dark But it's better to say, I love you Than to live with a lie in my heart And though I know you didn't want me I played a fool at the start But it's better to say, I love you Than to live with a lie in my heart Though I may pretend I'm gay And hide away in a magic house of my own Hopin' that you may someday return and say 'I'm sorry I left you alone, dear' I may be wrong to say, 'I miss you' Or watch your view from afar But it's better to say, I love you Than to live with a lie in my heart 'Yas, swing cat' (piano & clapping) 'Uh-huh, yeah' 'Tickle that thing, boy' 'Oh, ain't that pretty? Yowsir (sax) 'I hear ya Mr. Sax Man' 'Uh-huh, oh yeah' 'Oh yeah' (coronet) 'I hear ya Mr. Coronet Man' Though I may pretend I'm gay And hide away in a magic house of my own Hopin' that you may someday return and say 'I'm sorry I left you alone, dear' I may be wrong to say, 'I miss you' Or watch your view from afar But it's better to say, I love you Than to live with a lie in my heart. ~