TRUTH DOESN'T ALWAYS RHYME, THE
(Bill Anderson / Lari White)


Rebecca Holden - 1989



I wake up feelin' lonely and I make my way to work
In the room beside the place we keep our bed
Sitting at my old desk with a pencil in my hand
And all those waiting on the baby grand

Tellin' stories for a living, touching people with my soul
I seldom have such trouble with a line
But when you're writin' 'bout a heartache from a lover's point of view
The truth doesn't always rhyme

The truth doesn't always rhyme
Storybook endings don't always come true
Love isn't always kind
And the truth doesn't always rhyme

Just like in the movies or on the radio
When we first met, it seemed so easy then
Our love was like a melody, every day another song
But we haven't heard the music for so long

I've got through a million phrases, struggled over every word
And I hoped that I could find 
The way to say I'm leaving that might ease the pain for you
But the truth doesn't always rhyme

The truth doesn't always rhyme
Storybook endings don't always come true
Love isn't always kind
And the truth doesn't always rhyme



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2017)