I've got no politics, no influential friend or two   I've got ideas, but it's nothin' I picked up at school   I might be running, but I'm never running back to you      And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply   And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie      I had to wait so long that weeks and months that passed me by   You've got no power and my situation don't apply   You ask me how I am, I lie and say, "I'm doing fine"      And with your sugar-sweetened alibi, there was a truth I never knew   And all the attitude you gave me, it's coming back to you      String of lies, it's always compromise with you   String of lies, you know there's nothing better to do   String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you      And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply   And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie      String of lies, we always compromise for you   String of lies, you know there's nothing better to do   String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you   String of lies, we always compromise for you      And here's a letter from the real world