Steve Earle — Conspiracy Theory

[Verse 1] What if I told you it was done with mirrors? What if I showed you it was all a lie? Better be careful, someone might hear you The walls have ears and the sky has eyes [Verse 2] What if I said you were only dreaming? What you want to bet that all you gotta do Is open up your eyes and you will wake up screaming When you realize that it's all come true [Chorus: Siobhan Kennedy] Hush now, don't you believe it Cover your head and close your eyes now Take it or leave it Go back to bed now, don't you cry [Verse 3] Half a million soldiers fly across the water One in ten are never coming back again Fifty thousand sons who never grew to fathers Don't you ever wonder who they might have been? [Verse 4] What if you could've been there on that day in Dallas? What if you could wrestle back the hands of time? Maybe something could've been done in Memphis We wouldn't be living in a dream that's died [Chorus: Siobhan Kennedy] Hush now, don't you believe it Cover your head and close your eyes now Take it or leave it Go back to bed now, don't you cry [Verse 5: Steve Earle & Siobhan Kennedy] Go on and tell yourself again there are no secrets Go on and tell yourself that you don't want to know It's best that you believe that you don't hear the footsteps That follow you around no matter where you go [Verse 6: Steve Earle & Siobhan Kennedy] Maybe you were thinking that it didn't matter Maybe you believed nobody else would care But once you've added every little lie together You finally find the truth was always waiting there [Chorus: Steve Earle & Siobhan Kennedy] Hush now, don't you believe it Cover your head and close your eyes now Take it or leave it Go back to bed now, don't you cry Hush now, don't you believe it Cover your head and close your eyes now Take it or leave it Go back to bed now, don't you cry Hush now, don't you believe it Cover your head and close your eyes now Take it or leave it Go back to bed now, don't you cry