Sonically, the song is a grand, lush and heavily orchestrated affair that’s very much in the spirit of much of her catalog; lyrically, however, Streisand is pointed — and not subtle. “You can build towers of bronze and gold,” she sings. “You can make castles in the sky. You can use smoke and mirrors and old cliches … don’t lie to me.” In the chorus, she brings it home: “How do you sleep when the world keeps turning? / All that we built has come undone / How do you sleep when the world is burning?”
Barbra Streisand – Don’t Lie to Me