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Façade (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Lyrics by Frank Wildhorn

Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical (1997 Original Broadway Cast)

1997

[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, over there?
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
Credits
Frank Wildhorn

Frank Wildhorn

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