TELL ME IT'S NOT TRUE
(Russell William Martin)

as recorded by Barbara Dickson


Tell me it's not true,
Say it's just a story,
Something on the news.
Tell me it's not true
Though it's here before me.
Say it's just a dream,
Say its just a scene
From an old movie from years ago,
From an old movie of Marilyn Monroe.

Says it's just some clowns,
Two players in the limelight;
Bring the curtain down.
Says it's just two clowns
Who couldn't get their lines right.
Say it's just a show
On the radio
That we can turn over and start again,
That we can turn over, it's only a game!

Tell me it's not true,
Say I only dreamed it
And morning will come soon.
Tell me it's not true,
Say you didn't mean it.
Say it's just pretend,
Say it's just the end
Of an old movie from years ago,
From an old movie from Marilyn Monroe.




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2020)