Façade

Lyrics

[MALE SOLOIST #1] If you live around here You need cash in the bank 'Cos the houses 'round here Are all flashy and swank An' the front bit, ha! 'at's what's called a façade! All the people 'round here Are as posh as can be [MALE SOLOIST #2] You won't see 'em hobnobbin' With rubbish like me! [MALE SOLOISTS] It's the snob bit Also called a façade [ENSEMBLE] Every day People, in their own sweet way Like to add a coat of paint And be what they ain't! [MALE SOLOIST #1] That's how their little [ENSEMBLE] Game is played Livin' out a masquerade [MALE SOLOIST #1] Getting rich and getting laid [MALE SOLOIST #3] Who'd want to trade? [MALE SOLOIST #1] But there's one thing I know And I know it for sure This disease that they've got Has got no ready cure And I'm certain Life is terribly hard [MALE SOLOIST #2] When your life's a façade [ENSEMBLE] Every night here, one house Or another is a funhouse 'Cos there's someone giving a party As you see, Sir! [FEMALE SOLOIST #1] This one here, tonight Is rather special, am I right? It's the betrothal of Sir Danvers' Daughter, Lisa [ENSEMBLE] Sir Danvers Carew is a good man They call him the creme de la creme [MALE SOLOIST #3] Whatever that means [FEMALE SOLOIST #1] He's a bloody sight better than them! [WOMEN] Nearly everyone you meet When walking down a London street Pretends to be a pillar of society [MEN] A model of propriety Sobriety, and piety Who's never even heard of notoriety [ENSEMBLE] The ladies an' gents 'ere before you Which none of 'em ever admits [MALE SOLOIST #3] May have saintly looks [FEMALE SOLOIST #2] But they're sinners an' crooks [ENSEMBLE] Hypocrites! If you live around here You need lots of panache [MALE SOLOIST #4] If you live in town, Dear Then you must cut a dash [FEMALE SOLOIST #3] T'isn't hard, Dear [MALE SOLOIST #4] To create a façade [MALE SOLOIST #1] You must seem to be rich And to have money to burn [MALE SOLOIST #3] Even tho' it's a bitch [MALE SOLOIST #5] Spending more than you earn! [ENSEMBLE] That's the game here And the name is façade One or two Might look kinda well-to-do (Ha!) But I bet you precious few Have paid for their boots [MALE SOLOIST #1] I'm inclined to think [ENSEMBLE] Half mankind Thinks the other half is blind Wouldn't be surprised to find [MALE SOLOIST #3] They're all in cahoots [ENSEMBLE] 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 [MALE SOLOIST #4] And the answer [ENSEMBLE] Is it's all a façade Call a walk "promenade" Call a street "boulevard" Grease your hair with "pomade" You'll be held in regard [MALE SOLOIST #4] And I betcha [MALE SOLOIST #3] If you stay on your guard (Stay on your guard) [MALE SOLOIST #5] They'll all say you're a card! [MALE SOLOIST #2] People love the façade! (Stay on your guard) [ENSEMBLE] What's behind the façade?! [JEKYLL] Look behind The façade