LIVE TO TELL MADONNA I HAVE A TALE TO TELL SOME TIMES IT GETS SO HARD TO HIDE IT WELL I WAS NOT READY FOR THE FALL TOO BLIND TO SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL A MAN CAN TELL A THOUSAND LIES I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON WELL HOPE I LIVE TO TELL THE SECRET I HAVE LEARNED 'TILL THEN IT WILL BURN IN SIDE OF ME I KNOW WHERE BEAUTY LIVES I'VE SEEN IT ONCE I KNOW THE WARMTH SHE GIVES THE LIGHT THAT YOU COULD NEVER SEE IT SHINES INSIDE YOU CAN TAKE THAT FROM ME A MAN CAN TELL A THOUSAND LIES I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON WELL HOPE I LIVE TO TELL THE SECRET I HAVE LEARNED 'TILL THEN IT WILL BURN IN SIDE OF ME THE TRUTH IS NEVER FAR BEHIND YOU KEPT IT HIDDEN WELL IF I LIVE TO TELL THE SECRET I KNEW THEN WILL I EVER HAVE THE CHANCE AGAIN ? IF I RAN AWAY, I'D NEVER HAVE THE STRENGTH TO GO VERY FAR. HOW WOULD THEY HEAR THE BEATING OF MY HEART ? WILL IT GROW COLD THE SECRET THAT I HIDE, WILL I GROW OLD ? HOW WILL THEY HEAR, WHEN WILL THEY LEARN, HOW WILL THEY KNOW A MAN CAN TELL A THOUSAND LIES I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON WELL HOPE I LIVE TO TELL THE SECRET I HAVE LEARNED 'TILL THEN IT WILL BURN IN SIDE OF ME