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Façade Lyrics by Frank Wildhorn

Jekyll & Hyde: The Complete Work (1994 Concept Cast)

1995

[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
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Frank Wildhorn

Frank Wildhorn

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