Façade (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[Male Soloist #1] There's a face that we wear In the cold light of day [Male Soloist #2] It's society's mask It's society's way [Both] An' the truth is That it's all a façade [Male Soloist #1] There's a face that we wear 'Til the nighttime appears [Male Soloist #2] And what's hiding inside Behind all of our fears [Both] Is our true self Locked inside the 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 our little [Ensemble] Game is played Livin' out a masquerade Acting a bizarre charade [Male Soloist #2] 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 [Ensemble] When your life's a façade! [Women] Look around you I have found You cannot tell by lookin' at the surface What is lurkin' there beneath it [Female Soloist #1] 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 [Ensemble] So, what is this sinister secret? The lie he will tell you is true [Male Soloist #2] It's that each man you meet On the street Isn't one man but two [Ensemble] Nearly everyone you see Like him an' her An' you an' me Pretends to be a pillar of society [Women] A model of propriety [Men] Sobriety and piety [Women] Who shudders at the thought of notoriety [Ensemble] The ladies and gents here before you Which none of them ever admits [Men] May have saintly looks [Ensemble] But they're sinners and crooks [Ensemble #1] Hypocrites! [Ensemble #2] Hypocrites! [Ensemble] There are preachers who kill There are killers who preach There are teachers who lie There are liars who teach Take your pick, Dear 'Cause it's all a façade [Male Soloist #3] If we're not one, but two Are we evil or good? [Male Soloist #4] Do we walk the fine line That we'd cross if we could? [Male Soloist #3] Are we waiting [Ensemble] To break through the façade? One or two Might look kinda well-to-do Ha! They're as bad as me and you [Women] Right [Men] Down to their boots [Ensemble] Right down to their boots! [Male Soloist #4] I'm inclined to think [Ensemble] Half mankind Thinks the other half is blind Wouldn't be surprised to find [Male Soloist #4] 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 will never come clean [Male Soloist #2] And the answer [Women] Is it's all a façade [Men] Is it's all a façade [Ensemble] Man is not one, but two He is evil and good An' he walks the fine line We'd all cross if we could! [Male Soloist #1] It's a nightmare [Male Soloist #2] We can never discard [Male Soloist #4] So, we stay on our guard [Male Soloist #3] But we love the façade! [Ensemble] What's behind The façade? [Male Soloist #5] Look behind The façade