[Intro]

This shit is therapy

Yo, yo, yo, yo

[Verse 1]

Today I saw my father for the first time in a year

Was not but a bother but I may have shed some tears

I turned my other cheek in fear of his gaze and recognition

Knocked on wood and said a prayer, some rare superstition

My disposition fair enough, given past tense sex positions

Tex-Mex was in the kitchen, but my appetite was missing

Panicked frights and manic flights, to laughter from contrition

My left brain to my stomach sending writs of prohibition

I lit a stog', I kissed it, I missed my chance to kick his ass!

A rogue glance from the bastard could’ve shattered me like glass

I tried to act all cheery, I tried to laugh and sass

But couldn’t drop the bitter tone, some harmonizing flats

Baby Mabie’s graduating that’s the last thing on the dome

Deer in traffic, no headlights, no yellow-orange cone

My mellow, boring self-conflicted, slightly mouthing at the foam

Griping bout the Alma Mater anthem rousing dreams of home

Want to scream “Leave me alone!” A fat Doctor Manhattan

But the proctor wrote “No talking!” on the cocktail napkin

Words I’ve heard a thousand times, sounding like they’re Latin

Blurring lines aloud, the sky is ground, wondering what happened?

I’m tapping on my thighs, got Gene Krupa looking wry

Been since Y2Koopa since my Soup-a-Cup supply was running dry

Wishing I were high, but gravity too motherfucking fly

Liar! You just too broke to buy, by the bye

[Chorus]

You told me to never lie

So it’s time for Show and Tell

Am I just too broke inside?

No more time for dreams of hell

You told me to never lie

So it’s time for Show and Tell

Never lie, never lie

Show and Tell, Show and Tell

[Verse 2]

Telling me to never lie, but telling me to never tell

Not even twenty five, been to and back from hell

Try to breathe for a spell, but I’m still tripping sack

Recite the basics, you’re awake, your name is Jack

You’re still alive, and you’re acting like a quack

The sight of Bill astride, gave you a heart attack

I lack forward emotion, I will myself to calm it down

I’m still having a moment, dreadful feeling the Devil’s around

Kill my head-full of feelings, zombie-walking through the crowd

Talking like my Daddy, fronting with my every sound

Might just go and buy a pound to drown out all my thoughts

Might go start a fire, ashy gown for the pen I use to jot this down

[Chorus]

You told me to never lie

So it’s time for Show and Tell

Am I just too broke inside?

No more time for dreams of hell

You told me to never lie

So it’s time for Show and Tell

Never lie, never lie

Show and Tell, Show and Tell