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Truth & Lies

from Truth & Lies by Zinnia Blue

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Truth & Lies is the first single from Zinnia Blue's upcoming debut album The Garden, due for release in January 2020. A personal take on the subtle but destructive power of gossip and bragging within friendships, the song features Americana instrumentation to give this folk ballad a sweet but energetic sound, and a home in a number of roots genres.

lyrics

[Verse 1]
It’s been too long now, she said to me
So much has come to pass
In this absence I have felt between us
In the time that we’ve been apart

[Verse 2]
So let us talk of lovers we do not love
And all of the friendships we just will not keep
Of stories new and all of the rumours that are true
And all of those secrets we just cannot keep

[Chorus]
Repeat the lies, oh and blacken my name against the wall
Stone me with your bitter tongue
Brag to me of your man and so many lovers
But I chose one, you can have the others

[Verse 3]
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours
My lips are sealed, oh they’re true
Until the next time that I feel the need to say
And tell everybody else all about you

[Chorus]
Repeat the lies, oh and blacken my name against the wall
Stone me with your bitter tongue
Brag to me of your man and so many lovers
But I chose one, you can have the others

[Verse 4]
So popular, so many they will choose
To share in your life along the way
But nothing is new, no and nothing will have changed
The same old stories, the same old lies

[Chorus]
Repeat the lies, oh and blacken my name against the wall
Stone me with your bitter tongue
Brag to me of your man and so many lovers
But I chose one, you can have the others

credits

from Truth & Lies, released September 13, 2019
Zinnia Blue are:
Kate Tucker - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Matt Ellis - Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars

Guest Musicians:
Electric Piano - Chris Ellis
Electric Bass - Narada Ellis

Recorded and Produced by Chris Ellis and Zinnia Blue
Mixing and Mastering by John 'Hooves' Clayton at Increase Audio
Artwork by Jack Kirby Crosby (www.jackkirbycrosby.com)

Written and performed by Zinnia Blue, except:
Cover Me Up (Jason Isbell) and
Lost Along the Way (Jordie Lane and Tracy McNeil)

© Zinnia Blue 2019, all rights reserved

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Zinnia Blue Cygnet, Australia

Zinnia Blue are an alt-country / Americana duo from Cygnet, Tasmania, featuring interweaving guitars and two-part harmonies. The pair create sparse and brooding melodies and lyrical, uplifting ballads that reinterpret country, folk, and old-time music traditions. Zinnia Blue have distilled their unique sound and eclectic songs for their debut album The Garden, released in January 2020. ... more

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