You don't like the sound of the truth Comin' from my mouth You say that I lack the proof? Well, baby, that might be so! I'ma get to the end of my life And find out everyone was lyin' I don't think that I'm afraid anymore I say that I would rather die tryin' Oh, whoa-oh Swing me way down-south Sing me somethin' brave from your mouth And I'll bring you pearls of water on my hips And the love in my lips, all the love from my lips This time, when he swung the bat And I found myself layin'-flat, I wondered What a way to spend a dime! What a way to use the time, ain't it, baby? I looked at my reflection in the window Walking past, and I saw a stranger I'm just so scared, all the time It makes me one more reason why the world's dangerous Oh, whoa-oh Swing me way down-south Sing me somethin' brave from your mouth And I'll bring you pearls of water on my hips And the love in my lips, all the love from my lips You don't like the sound of the truth Comin' from my mouth You say that I lack the proof? Well, baby, that's just not so! Tell me, what's wrong with havin' a little faith In what you're feelin' in your heart? Why must we be so afraid And always so far-apart? Oh, whoa-oh Swing me way down-south Sing me somethin' brave from your mouth And I'll bring you pearls of water on my hips And the love in my lips, all the love from my lips