Swore I was gonna tell em the truth That was til everybody started asking 'bout you And I didn’t know what to say Came up with some lame excuse Why you were gone Said you were gonna come later on Planted a smile on my face Like everything was okay I was hanging around, walk in the crowd Everybody singing along to my songs Taking my shots, throwing them back Acting like you ain’t gone But I don’t want em to know I’m all alone And I ain’t got nobody I don’t want em to see I'm dying inside So I guess I’ll be the life Life of the party And then one of your friends Came up and gave me a hug and asked me how we’ve been I smiled and said we’re better than we’ve ever been Well I don’t know why I had to lie Guess I didn’t wanna tell er that you said goodbye I couldn’t even look er in the eye So I kept on… Hanging around, walk in the crowd Everybody singing along to my songs Taking my shots, throwing them back Acting like you ain’t gone But I don’t want em to know I’m all alone And I ain’t got nobody I don’t want em to see I'm dying inside So I guess I’ll be the life Life of the party Everybody thinkin I’m feelin good Everybody thinkin I’m havin a real good time Don’t know the truth about you and I So I’m hanging around, walk in the crowd Everybody singing along to my songs Taking my shots, throwing them back Acting like you ain’t gone But I don’t want em to know I’m all alone And I ain’t got nobody I don’t want em to see I'm dying inside So I guess I’ll be the life Life of the party Life of the party Life of the party So I guess I’ll be the life Life of the party Swear I was gonna tell em the truth But I didn’t know what to say