Lyrics and music by David Bowie
Gorgeous girls are bound to meet
To talk of stars and kings and feet
Through the chromosomes of space and time
Me I'm fast like bad infection
Gasping for my resurrection
Swear to me in times of war and stress
CHORUS
Telling lies, telling lies
Telling lies, telling lies
Telling lies
[Ooh, ah, visionary]
[Ooh, ah, missionary]
Telling lies
[Feels like something's gonna happen this year]
Telling lies
[Ooh, ah, visionary]
[Ooh, ah, missionary]
Telling lies
[Feels like something's gonna happen this year]
Telling lies
Shadow falls in shrinking smiles
See me poised at the happy games
Standing in the mouth of all that's pure
Come straggling in your tattered remnants
You'll come to me in tears and blame
I'm your future, I'm tomorrow, I'm the end
CHORUS
Telling lies
[Ooh, ah, ooh]
[Ooh, ah, ooh]
[Ooh, ah, ooh]
Feels like something's going to happen this year
Telling lies [ooh, ah, ooh]
Feels like something's going to happen this year
Telling lies [ooh, ah, ooh]
Feels like something's going to happen this year
Telling lies [ooh, ah, ooh]
Telling lies [ooh, ah, ooh]
Feels like something's going to happen this year
On the single version, David sings "Starting Fires" instead of Telling Lies at certain points... but on the album Earthling, he always sings "Telling Lies".
Claimed to be the first ever song by a major artist released only the Internet, it was later released on traditional CD/vinyl as well.