A Hard Secret to Keep

(Jim McBride - Jerry Salley)



I stay up late and read a lot at night

Lately she's begun to wonder why

She don't know I'm scared that I'll start talkin' in my sleep

You're a hard secret to keep.



Every time she asks were I've been

A cheater's paranoida begins

Scrabblin' for an answer anything she might believe

You're a hard secret to keep.



Chorus:

One slip of the tounges all it would take

Just one little note that I forgot to throw away

The slightest trace of makeup on a shirt that won't come clean

You're a hard secret to keep.



I never meant for you to touch my heart

Never meant to take one night this far

How much longer can I live this double life I lead

You're a hard secret to keep.



Chorus:

One slip of the tounges all it would take

Just one little note that I forgot to throw away

The slightest trace of makeup on a shirt that won't come clean

You're a hard secret to keep.



I wonder if she feels you every time she touches me

You're a hard secret to keep...