[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]

  If it’s true

 what they say

  If there’s n

othing to be d

one

  If it’s true

 that it’s too

 late

  And the girl

 I love is gon

e

  If it’s true

 what they say

{spoken}
  Is this how the world is?
            
To beaten and 


betrayed

And then be told that nothing changes?
              
It’ll always b

  
e like this
            
  If it’s true

              
 what they say
         
I’ll be on my 


way

[Chorus]
         
{spoken}

        
     And the boy turned to go
         
     Cause he 

           
thought no one

 could hear

     And the w

orkers heard h

im

(If it’s true what they say)

     With thei

r hammers swin

ging
(What’s the purpose of a man?)

     And they 

quit their wor

kin’
(Just to turn his eyes away?)

     When they

 heard him sin

ging
(Just to throw up both his hands?)

     No hammer

 swinging
(What’s the use of his backbone)

     No pickax

e ringin’
(If he never stands upright?)

     And they 

stood and list

ened
(If he turns his back on everyone)

     To the po

or boy singing
              
(That he could

              
’ve stood besi


de)

[Verse 2]
            
If it’s true w

         
hat they say
         
 I’ll be on my

 
 way
         
But who are th

      
ey to say
            
What the truth

       
 is anyway?
              
Cause the ones

              
 who tell the 

   
lies
        
Are the solemn

est to swear
            
   And the one

              
s who load the

     
 dice
              
Always say the

 
 toss is fair

[Chorus]

  And the ones

 who deal the 

cards

  Are the one 

who play the t

ricks

  With their h

ands over thei

r hearts

  While we pla

y the game the

y fix

  And the ones

 who speak the

 words

  Always say i

t is the last

  And no answe

r will be hear

d

  To the quest

ion no one ask

s
         
  So I’m askin

          
’ if it’s true
           
  I’m askin’ m

  
e and you
    
And you

  I believe ou

r answer matte

rs more than

[Outro]

anything they 

say

  I believe if

 there is stil

l a will
     
Then there is 

still a way

  I believe th

ere is a way

  I believe in

 us together
              
More than anyo

       
ne alone

  I believe th

at with each o

ther, we’re

stronger than 

we know

  I believe we

’re stronger t

han they know

  I believe th

at we are many
              
  I believe th

              
at they are fe

 
w

  And it isn’t

 for the few
              
To tell the ma

              
ny what is tru


e

So I ask you:

  If it’s true

 what they say

  I’ll be on m

y way

  Tell me what

 to do

Is it true?

Is it true what they say?