[Verse 1]
You call me all the right words
But the right words sound so wrong
You say that I am changing
I guess I will before too long
Will you give me a way out or a past to live down?
Either way it couldn't be worse than it is now

I'm watching while a wild dog makes ripples round and round
Is every single whisper a life that we should know by now
Or is it just a sound?
Something keeps a river from sinking into the ground
Was I ever any different?
It's the simplest ones, the simplest ones

[Chorus]
White lies in the night
If I could be yours then you could be mine
As long as it rhymes
It's all that I'll ever need
I hear white lies in the night
If I could be yours and you could be mine
We keep what we hide
And you told such simple lies

[Verse 2]
Now that we are free, Verona, won't you keep me out?
Drive me to the city where every building shouts
I want to hear some people
I want to leave the windows down
I never will believe you
You should know why by now, whoa

[Bridge]
It is the simplest things we want, whoa
But we can never see enough, whoa
And it's the simplest things we want, whoa
And it's the simplest ones, the simplest ones

[Chorus]
White lies in the night
If I could be yours then you could be mine
As long as it rhymes
It's all that I'll ever need
I hear white lies in the night
If I could be yours then you could be mine
We keep what we hide
And you told such simple lies