How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I’ve Been a Liar All My Life?

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[TOM] How could you believe me when I said "I love you" When you know I've been a liar all my life? [ELLEN] You've had that reputation since you was a youth [TOM] You must have been insane to think I'd tell you the truth [ELLEN] How could I believe you when you said we'd marry? [TOM] Why, you know I'd rather hang than have a wife I know I said I'd make you mine [ELLEN] Now wouldn't youz know I would go for that old line? [TOM] How could you believe me when I said "I love you" When you know I've been a liar [ELLEN] You sure have been a liar [TOM] A double-crossin' liar [ELLEN] A double-crossin' liar [TOM] All my doggone cheatin' life [ELLEN] You said you would love me long [TOM, spoken] So what? [ELLEN] And never would do me wrong [TOM, spoken] Stop bendin' the suit [ELLEN] Faithful you'd always be [TOM, spoken] Me? [TOM] Why, baby, you must be loony to trust A lower-than-low two-timer like me [ELLEN] You said I'd have everything [TOM, spoken] Get her! [ELLEN] A beautiful diamond ring [TOM, spoken] Ha ha ha! [ELLEN] A bungalow by the sea [TOM, spoken] A bungalow, yet! [TOM] You're really naive to ever believe A full-of-baloney phony like me [ELLEN, spoken] Boy, I sure must have lost my head [TOM, spoken] You ain't lost nothin' you never had [ELLEN] What about the time you went to Indiana? [TOM] I was lyin', I was down in Alabam' [ELLEN] You said you had some business you had to complete [TOM] What I was doin' I would be a cad to repeat [ELLEN] What about the evenings you was with your mother? [TOM] I was rompin' with another honey lamb [ELLEN] To think you swore our love was real [TOM] Baby, leave us not forget that I'm a heel [ELLEN] How could I believe you when you said you loved me [TOM] When you know I've been a liar [ELLEN] A good-for-nothin' liar [TOM] All my good-for-nothin' life [ELLEN, spoken] This is the last time I'll ever go to a party with you [TOM, spoken] Will you put that in writin'? [ELLEN, spoken] Oh, you're always making cracks! Making cracks! [TOM, spoken] Like what? [ELLEN, spoken] Well, you're always humiliating me Humiliating me! Didn't your mother never teach you no manners? [TOM, spoken] I never had a mother, we was too poor [ELLEN, spoken] Hey, what's the matter with you lately? You used to tell me you loved me You used to treat me like a high-class dame Well, usedn't you to? [TOM, spoken] So I used [ELLEN, spoken] So now you admit it [TOM, spoken] I admit nothin' [ELLEN, spoken] I'll give you one more chance Do you love me or don't you? [TOM, spoken] No, I don't [ELLEN, spoken] Quit stalling around, I want a direct answer! [ELLEN] You know you've been a liar [TOM] I know I've been a liar [ELLEN] A double-crossin' liar [TOM] A double-crossin' liar [ELLEN] All your good-for-nothin' life