Maybe they went, but just told you they were going somewhere else.
Stupid keyboard keeps dropping letters on me. Some of them, like the V, can be quite painful at times.
And truthfully, they did lie in Washington, a few times. Although, the (more, or less, or just as accurate)correct usage would have been lain, or laid.
The intended word was live.
No t ake his ting wok igh.