BILLIE

BILLIE JEAN WAS LYING

Hook

Billie Jean was lying,

Said she spent the night with me.

Now somebody's at my doorway,

Asking where she hid the key.

I was halfway out of Memphis,

Got the ticket, got the time.

Billie Jean was lying—

Why'd she put my name beside the crime?

Verse 1

Friday, quarter after seven,

Someone knocking through the rain.

Held a picture to the window,

Asked if I could name the face.

Hadn't seen her since the summer,

When she borrowed my blue coat.

Now she's standing in a photograph

Outside a jewelry store.

Pre-Chorus

Something missing from the window,

Something shining on her hand.

She said we were having dinner—

I was playing with the band.

Hook

Billie Jean was lying,

Said she spent the night with me.

Now somebody's at my doorway,

Asking where she hid the key.

I was halfway out of Memphis,

Got the ticket, got the time.

Billie Jean was lying—

Why'd she put my name beside the crime?

Verse 2

Monday, message on the mirror:

"Meet me where we used to go."

Found her waiting at the station,

Still wearing my blue coat.

Said, "I knew you'd never hurt me."

I said, "That ain't what you knew.

You knew I'd come when you were calling—

Thought I'd tell your story too."

Pre-Chorus

Then she reached inside the pocket,

Dropped a diamond in my palm.

I put it down between us—

"Don't you ask me to play along."

Bridge — Bass and handclaps

"Just one favor."

That's what you said.

One small favor,

Now I'm over my head.

Keep the coat,

Leave the stone.

Tell them where you really were—

Leave my name alone.

Final Hook — Stacked harmonies

Billie Jean was lying,

But the room went quiet fast.

When they asked about her evening,

I let her answer that.

No more covering the spaces,

No more fixing up her lines.

Billie Jean was lying—

She can tell the truth this time.

Outro

She looked at me.

I looked away.

For once, I had

Nothing to explain.