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There's a face that we wear
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In the cold light of day -
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It's society's mask,
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It's society's way,
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And the truth is
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That it's all a facade!
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There's a face that we hide
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Till the nighttime appears,
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And what's hiding inside,
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Behind all of our fears,
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Is our true self,
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Locked inside the facade!
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Every day
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People, in their own sweet way,
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Like to add a coat of paint,
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And be what they ain't!
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That's how our little -
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Game is played,
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Livin' like a masquerade
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Actin' a bizarre charade -
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While playing the saint!
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But there's one thing I know,
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And I know it for sure:
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This disease that we've got
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Has got no ready cure!
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And I'm certain
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Life is terribly hard -
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When your life's a facade!
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Look around you!
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I have found
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You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,
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What is lurkin' there beneath it!
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See that face!
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Now, I'm prepared to bet you,
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What you see's not what you get -
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'Cause man's a master of deceit !
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So, what is the sinister secret?
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The lie he will tell you is true? -
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It's that each man you meet
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In the street
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Isn't one man but two!
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Nearly everyone you see -
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Like him an' her,
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An' you, an' me -
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Pretends to be
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A pillar of society -
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A model for propriety -
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Sobriety
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An' piety -
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Who shudders at the thought
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Of notoriety!
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The ladies an' gents 'ere before you -
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Which none of 'em ever admits -
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May 'ave saintly looks -
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But they're sinners an' crooks!
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Hypocrites!
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Hypocrites!
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There are preachers who kill!
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There are killers who preach!
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There are teachers who lie!
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There are liars who teach!
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Take yer pick, dear -
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"Cause it's all a facade!
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If we're not one, but two,
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Are we evil or good?
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Do we walk the fine line -
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That we'd cross if we could?
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Are we waiting -
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To break through the facade?
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One or two
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Might look kinda well-to-do -
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Hah! They're bad as me an' you,
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Right down they're boots!
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I'm inclined to think -
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Half mankind
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Thinks the other half is blind!
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Wouldn't be surprise to find -
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They're all in cahoots!
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At the end of the day,
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They don't mean what they say,
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They don't say what they mean,
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They don't ever come clean -
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And the answer -
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Is it's all a facade!
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Is it's all a facade!
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Man is not one, but two,
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He is evil and good,
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An' he walks the fine line
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We'd all cross if we could!
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It's a nightmare
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We can never discard
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So we stay on our guard
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Though we love the facade
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What's behind the facade?
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Look behind the facade!
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