This song is about to be released on the box set See That Girl and is now available on common streaming outlets.

It’s the original demo for Frida’s successful version from the 1984 ‘Shine’ album.  Co-written with Simon Climie.

Lyrics

I hear the lines on the telegraph
Buzz in my head
I have to shut them out
My ears to the ground

But I try to stand up
And straighten out
Forget my doubt
‘Cause I couldn’t bear to lose you

You’re the only one I care for
But I can’t lock out the rumours
I shut my eyes so I won’t see

One little lie can go a long way
One little lie can go a long way
I’ve tried to ask but my tongue gets tied
When I guess the answer
If you turned you head away from me
I know I’d stand there forever
Caught out in time by a line
That I wanted you to deny
And you’d laugh and laugh ’till I cried and cried

I can’t shut out the rumours
Burning inside me all the time

One little lie can go a long way
One little lie can go a long way
Would I learn to trust again some day

If I can’t believe in you then what can I do
If I can’t put my faith in you then we got nothing worth hanging on to

It’s hard to talk sometimes now
You seem so far away
Am I losing my mind, oh help me please
Say it’s not true what the people say
It hurts in my heart cause I couldn’t bear to lose you
You’re the only one I care for
But I can’t block out the rumours
Don’t shut your eyes so I won’t see because

One little lie can go a long way
One little lie can go a long way
Would I learn to trust again some day
One little lie can go a long way

One little lie can go a long way
Would I learn to trust again some day
One little lie can go a long way