'Don't Lie To Me': Barbra Streisand Addresses Trump in New Song

Barbra Streisand, an inarguable Greatest of All Time talent when it comes to the stage, screen and recording studio, surprised fans this week by releasing a new song “Don’t Lie to Me”, that makes her views on America’s political climate clearer than ever.
If the word “walls” makes you think of a particular sitting president’s signature campaign promise, well, take a listen to its lead single, the just-dropped “Don’t Lie to Me.” An impassioned, dramatic ballad with pointed barbs at a particular man of power who likes to “change the facts to justify” his actions, it’s hard not to read it as a dig at Trump.
While Streisand is an outspoken Democrat who campaigned for Hillary Clinton, she’s rarely addressed her political views so explicitly through her music however, “Don’t Lie to Me,” features lyrics that feel like a direct jab at President Donald Trump.
Streisand co-wrote the pop ballad, which sees her begging for Trump to tell the truth. “How do you sleep when the world keeps turning?/ All that we built has come undone,” she sings on the catchy hook. “How do you sleep when the world is burning?/Everyone answers to someone.”
In an interview published Thursday by Billboard, the singer, songwriter, actress, director and film producer said that she felt that it was time to put her political beliefs into her music.
“I’ve written many articles about this … this person … who has no manners, insults everybody, makes fun of disabled people,” Billboard quotes her as saying.
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