Tell Me It's Not True
Mickey, don't shoot Eddie
He's your brother
You had a twin brother
I couldn't afford to keep both of you!
His mother couldn't have kids
I agreed to give one of you away-
Why didn't you me away, Mum?
I could have been him
I could have been him!
No!
And do we blame superstition for what came to pass?
Or could it be what we the English have come to know as class?
Did you ever hear the story of the Johnstone twins?
It's like he took those two new pins
How one was kept and one given away
How they were born, and they died
On the selfsame day
Tell me it's not true
Say it's just a story
Something on the news
Tell me it's not true
Though it's here before me
Say it's just a dream
Say it's just a scene
From an old movie of years ago
From an old movie of Marilyn Monroe
Say it's just some clowns
Two players in the limelight
Bring the curtain down
Say it's just two clowns
Who couldn't get their lines right
Say it's just a show on the radio
That we can turn over and start again
That we can turn over; it's only a game
Tell me it's not true
Say I only dreamed it
And morning will come soon
Tell me it's not true
Say you didn't mean it
Say it's just pretend
Say it's just the end
Of an old movie from years ago
From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe
Tell me it's not true
Say you didn't mean it
Say it's just pretend
Say it's just the end
Of an old movie from years ago
From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe
He's your brother
You had a twin brother
I couldn't afford to keep both of you!
His mother couldn't have kids
I agreed to give one of you away-
Why didn't you me away, Mum?
I could have been him
I could have been him!
No!
And do we blame superstition for what came to pass?
Or could it be what we the English have come to know as class?
Did you ever hear the story of the Johnstone twins?
It's like he took those two new pins
How one was kept and one given away
How they were born, and they died
On the selfsame day
Tell me it's not true
Say it's just a story
Something on the news
Tell me it's not true
Though it's here before me
Say it's just a dream
Say it's just a scene
From an old movie of years ago
From an old movie of Marilyn Monroe
Say it's just some clowns
Two players in the limelight
Bring the curtain down
Say it's just two clowns
Who couldn't get their lines right
Say it's just a show on the radio
That we can turn over and start again
That we can turn over; it's only a game
Tell me it's not true
Say I only dreamed it
And morning will come soon
Tell me it's not true
Say you didn't mean it
Say it's just pretend
Say it's just the end
Of an old movie from years ago
From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe
Tell me it's not true
Say you didn't mean it
Say it's just pretend
Say it's just the end
Of an old movie from years ago
From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe
Credits
Writer(s): Willy Russell
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