Don't Believe A Word

Album: Johnny The Fox (1977)
Charted: 12
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  • Don't believe me if I tell you
    Not a word of this is true
    Don't believe me if I tell you
    Especially if I tell you
    I'm in love with you

    Don't believe me if I tell you
    That I wrote this song for you
    There just might be some other silly pretty girl
    I'm singing to

    Don't believe a word
    For words are so easily spoken
    And your heart is like that promise
    Made to be broken

    Don't believe a word
    'Cause words can tell lies
    And lies are no company
    When there's tears in your eyes

    Don't believe me if I tell you
    Not a word of this is true
    Don't believe me if I tell you
    Especially if I tell you
    That I'm in love with you

    Don't believe a word
    No, don't believe a word
    Don't believe me, don't believe me
    Not a single word
    Hey, don't try Writer/s: Philip Parris Lynott
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Oldelphi from NorwayMarius muller slow version and moores slow and fast vetsion live are the best ever made
  • Eli Wells from UsaCindy from Pittsburg. You like Def Leppard's identical version of this better than the original? This is why Justin Beiber.
  • Rune Bakke from NorwayThe late Norvegian guitarist Marius Müller has a fantastic version of the slow version of this song. It's a must to listen to the solo, which is world class! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzOzWD7cQWs
  • Niels from Noerre Aeby, DenmarkIncluded on the first solo album from Gary Moore, in a beautiful slower version with fantastic solo.
  • Pufan Alexandru from Dr. Tr. SeverinThis song is covered by a Romanian band, Iris, with the name "Sa Nu Crezi Nimic"
  • Cindy from Pittsburgh, PaI don't agree with Q magazines rating of the Yeah CD. Thin Lizzy did a great job on this song but Def Leppard Made this one of my NEW FAVORITES! I love their take on this one and I truly think they should release this as a single. Best of the Best!
  • Jonathan Williams from Plymouth, EnglandAlso listen to the way Lynott scans the lyric across the bar - technically very difficult and more usually a technique used by Sinatra and the like.
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