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- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
- Somethin' Smith and the Redheads
- Written by Billy Mayhew
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- - Peaked at # 7 in 1955
- - Previously charted in 1935 at # 1 by Fats Waller and # 5 by Victor Young
- - Later charted at # 99 in 1964 by Tony Bennett
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- Be sure it's true when you say "I love you"
- It's a sin to tell a lie
- Millions of hearts have been broken
- Just because these words were spoken
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- I love you, yes I do, I love you
- If you break my heart I'll die
- So be sure it's true when you say "I love you"
- It's a sin to tell a lie
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- Cross my heart and I hope to die
- I'll never, never, ever tell another white lie
- Took a little doll out on a date last night
- Next to her, *Gravel Gertie* would have looked all right
- Now I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea
- 'cause I said "Baby, you look good to me"
- I told her I loved her but, oh, how I lied
- And now she's gettin' set to be my blushin' bride
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- If she leads me to the altar, then I'm sunk
- cause I can't tell the preacher I was drunk
- So Lord have mercy on a no 'count sinner
- Give me one more chance to let another guy win 'er
- Cross my heart and I hope to die
- I'll never, never, EVER tell another white lie.
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- Be sure it's true when you say "I love you"
- It's a sin to tell a lie
- Millions of hearts have been broken
- Just because these words were spoken
-
- I love you, yes I do, I love you
- If you break my heart I'll die
- So be sure it's true when you say "I love you"
- It's a sin to tell a lie
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- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: *Gravel Gertie" was the rather-ugly wife of B. O. Plenty in the Dick Tracy comic strip.
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