You’ve gotta admit, you paint a pretty picture
No one would ever suspect, your so adept at the art
I hear the lonely lover sigh
You hide behind cosmetic eyes
Kiss them off with Lipstick Lies
Lipstick Lies won’t hide the truth
They won’t keep you waterproof
The victim of your vanity
You’re the Picasso of pain, a fantasy in fleshtone
And though you’re never the same
You’re never far from the mark
Now and then you close your eyes
To see the heartbreak in disguise
Kiss them off with Lipstick Lies
Lipstick Lies won’t hide the truth
They won’t keep you waterproof
The victim of your vanity
You see just what you want to see
Who’s to blame?
Love is love by any name
Who’s to blame?
Lipstick Lies won’t hide the truth
They won’t keep you waterproof
The victim of your vanity
You see just what you want to see
Who’s to blame?
Love is love by any name
Who’s to blame?
Love is love by any name
Who’s to blame?
Love is love by any name
Who’s to blame?
- Notes on song:
Pat: That was a jam. We just came in, everybody came in and did it
Myron: I started it and Patti wrote some of it,too. It was an older idea I had that was absolutely horrible. For years we tried to figure out a way to do the song, and then all of a sudden it clicked. Neil came with up something; Patti came up with something.
Neil: There were four or five different songs.
Pat: We would come in with pages and you pick a verse here, pick a chorus. He writes like ridiculously. Me, I take 52 weeks to write a verse and I know exactly what I want to say; I’ve just got to find the right word. Myron is just like diarrhea of the mouth. He just writes and writes and writes.
Myron: But a lot of times, when I write lyrics, I depend on Patti, because you can write something and it only reads well.
Neil: But it doesn’t sing well.
From the album(s): Live From Earth, Pat Benatar - The Very Best of, Pat Benatar - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits, All Fired Up - The Very Best of Pat Benatar, and Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection
Author(s): N. Geraldo, P. Giraldo & M. Grombacher
Time: 3:49
Copyright: @Copyright 1983 by Tyreach Music, Neil T. Geraldo
Song lyrics checked for accuracy with Pat Benatar's Music Anthology