TEXTO II

Façade

Jekyll and Hyde

There's a face that we wear

In the cold light of day

It's society's mask,

It's society's way,

And the truth is

That it's all a façade!

There's a face that we hide

Till the nighttime appears,

And what's hiding inside,

Behind all of our fears,

Is our true self,

Locked inside the façade!

Every day

People, in their own sweet way,

Like to add a coat of paint,

And be what they ain't!

That's how our little

Game is played,

Livin' like a masquerade

Actin' a bizarre charade

While playing the saint!

But there's one thing I know,

And I know it for sure:

This disease that we've got

Has got no ready cure!

And I'm certain

Life is terribly hard

When your life's a façade!

Look around you!

I have found

You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,

What is lurkin' there beneath it!

See that face!

Now, I'm prepared to bet you,

What you see's not what you get

'Cause man's a master of deceit !

So, what is the sinister secret?

The lie he will tell you is true?

It's that each man you meet

In the street

Isn't one man but two!

Nearly everyone you see

Like him an' her,

An' you, an' me

Pretends to be

A pillar of society

A model for propriety

Sobriety

An' piety

Who shudders at the thought

Of notoriety!

The ladies an' gents 'ere before you

Which none of 'em ever admits

May 'ave saintly looks

But they're sinners an' crooks!

Hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

There are preachers who kill!

There are killers who preach!

There are teachers who lie!

There are liars who teach!

Take yer pick, dear

"Cause it's all a façade!

If we're not one, but two,

Are we evil or good?

Do we walk the fine line

That we'd cross if we could?

Are we waiting

To break through the façade?

One or two

Might look kinda well-to-do

Hah! They're bad as me an' you,

Right down they're boots!

I'm inclined to think

Half mankind

Thinks the other half is blind!

Wouldn't be surprise to find

They're all in cahoots!

At the end of the day,

They don't mean what they say,

They don't say what they mean,

They don't ever come clean

And the answer

Is it's all a façade!

Is it's all a façade!

Man is not one, but two,

He is evil and good,

An' he walks the fine line

We'd all cross if we could!

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