The Castaways - Liar Liar

“Liar, Liar“ is the obscure single hit to end all obscure single hits. The Castaways were a garage band in the 1960s, composed of James Donna on keyboards, Robert Folschow and Dick Roby on guitar, Roy Hensley on bass guitar and Dennis Craswell on drums. “Liar, Liar“ was written by Donna and Craswell. Folschow also provided the falsetto vocal. This is definitely their only hit - to anyone’s knowledge, it might even be their only surviving original song. The Castaways were originally thrown together to play at a fraternity party. They got popular, and their popularity grew, based on just this song. Eventually they signed to Soma Records. Their popularity grew even more to the point where they appeared in the 1967 film It’s a Bikini World. ___________________________________________________________________________ Liar, liar, pants on fire Your nose is longer than a telephone wire Ask me, baby, why I’m sad You’ve been out all night, know you’ve been bad Don’t tell me different, know it’s a lie Come kill me, honey, see how I cry Why must you hurt me, do what you do Listen here, girl, can’t you see I love you Make a little effort, try to be true I’ll be happy, not so blue If you keep on tellin’ me those lies Still goin’ out with other guys There’ll come a day I’ll be gone Take my advice, won’t be long When that day comes, won’t be mad Be free of you, but I’ll still be sad In spite of your cheatin’, still love you so I’ll be unhappy if I let you go