since i was a child i ve tried to be what i m not i ve lied and i ve enjoyed it all my life i lied to my dear mother to my sisters and my brother and now i m lying to my children and my wife big hat no cattle big head no brain big snake no rattle i forever remain big hat no cattle i knew from the start big boat no paddle big belly no heart can t remember why i do it oh maybe i can an honest man these days is hard to find i only know we re living in an unforgiving land and a little lie can buy some real big piece of mind oftimes i wondered what might i have become had i but buckled down and really tried but when it came down to the wire i called my family to my side stood up straight threw my head back and i lied lied lied big hat no cattle big shoes well you know big horse no saddle he goes wherever i go big hat no cattle right from the start big guns no battle big belly no heart when it came down to the wire i called my little family to my side stood up straight threw my head back and i lied lied lied lied lied lied big hat no cattle big head no brain big snake no rattle i forever remain big hat no cattle i knew from the start big boat no paddle big belly no heart big boat no paddle big belly no heart