KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Shandy (the Perfect Disguise) lyrics

Shandy was somebody's daughter

Drivin' to something insane

They busted her crossin' the border

Swift as a sniff of cocaine.

All she could pay was attention

So all they could take was her time

Proving an ounce of possession

Ain't worth a piece of your mind.

'Cause nightmares are somebody's daydreams

Daydreams are somebody's lies

Lies ain't no harder than telling the truth

Truth is the perfect disguise.

Locked in the gold-handled bathroom

Martin was changing his mind

Shedding his humble pretensions

One careful toke at a time.

And wiping the mask off a man in the mirror

Who really was Billy the Kid

Smiling at somebody dying

For something that he never did.

'Cause nightmares are somebody's daydreams

Daydreams are somebody's lies

Lies ain't no harder than telling the truth

Truth is the perfect disguise.

Soon as he sat down beside her

Dhining like Saturday night

Shandy was his for the saving

Sweet as she looked in the light.

And maybe they moved from the bar to the bedroom

Maybe just stood there instead

Martin woke up wet and screaming

Dreaming of blood on the bed.

'Cause nightmares are somebody's daydreams

Daydreams are somebody's lies

Lies ain't no harder than telling the truth

Truth is the perfect disguise...