She told me I was beautiful
And that my eyes shine

She told me I was intelligent
An excellent design

She told me that they're only mean
Because they love me
But mother I'm sick of these lies

You can't fool me with these games anymore
Seventeen and getting older
Now lies are all I live for
And I know you thought that maybe
It was for the best
But mother if you told me the truth
Maybe I wouldn't be like this

You told me I was lovely
And that I'd be surrounded by joy

You told me that my life would be full
That is full of cute boys

And mama you know I'm not you
No matter how hard I try
I'll never be the girl you wanted me to be

You can't fool me with these games anymore
Seventeen and getting older
Now lies are all I live for
And I know you thought that maybe
It was for the best
But mother if you told me the truth
Maybe I wouldn't be like this

Mother don't lie to me
Give it to me straight
Don't worry about my feelings
They don't matter anyway

Maybe if I heard the truth
I'd turn around and be
All you ever wanted for me

Mama
You can't fool me with these games anymore
Seventeen and getting older
Now lies are all I live for
And I know you thought that maybe
It was for the best
But mother if you told me the truth
Maybe I wouldn't be like this

You always taught me to tell the truth
What's a hypocrite got to say
I only lie because of you
Lying gets me my way

Believe me
You can't fool me with these games anymore
Seventeen and getting older
Now lies are all I live for
And I know you thought that maybe
It was for the best
But mama
Maybe if I heard the truth
I'd turn around and be
All you ever wanted for me
All you ever wanted me to be

Maybe, someday it'll all be okay
And reminders of you will gradually fade
And the tears I cried in your name
Will not have been shed in vain

Maybe, someday I'll stop the bleeding
The leeches on my heart will stop their feeding
And I can see
Running away is exactly what I need

Maybe, someday I'll be over you
But I'm not going to lie, I'll tell you only the truth
And the truth is that you're one of the main reasons why
I'm running away to New York, a forced painful goodbye

Cause I can't stand the crying
And I'm losing all feeling
I can't stand the lying
And I know that I'm wrong
I can't stand you
That is, when you're gone
And I promised you I'd tell the truth
But that was another lie

Maybe, someday I won't seem to care
About the way that you look with wind in your hair
And when you touch me I won't feel a thing
No whistles in my ear, my heart won't sing

Maybe, someday when I'm far away
I'll find the right reason, the right words to say
And I'll cross your name off my reasons to die
I won't be able to remember you, no matter how hard I try

Maybe, someday I'll be over you
And I won't feel this way
Maybe I'll remember you as something quite pleasant
Not only trying to get through each day

Cause I can't stand the crying
And I'm losing all feeling
I can't stand the lying
And I know that I'm wrong
I can't stand you
That is, when you're gone
And I promised you I'd tell the truth
But that was another lie

I'm going to stop feeling hopeful
That maybe someday you'll love me
And realize you're only pretending to care

Or maybe you've forgotten
My reason for everything
Is only the wind in your hair

I'm going to stop feeling hopeful
That it's only a matter of age
And maybe someday we'll have something to share

Or maybe I'm an idiot
I know that it's true
I hate everything, everything but you

Cause I can't stand the crying
And I'm losing all feeling
I can't stand the lying
And I know that I'm wrong
I can't stand you
That is, when you're gone
And I promised you I'd tell the truth
But that was another lie

Cause it's only my fault
And it's always my fault
I do this to myself
Not that you don't help

And I hate that I love you
And can't get you out of my head
I swear to myself
I'd be better off dead