Facade
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 A little girl trapped in her knowledge and
 craft
 Came tripping to my room last night
 I cooked her a steak and I tried not to fake
 And still make everything alright
 She had dreads in her hair and problems
 and cares
 She tried hard not to let Ņem show
 She was decent and sweet and I was sizin'
 up the meat
 But doubts fell in my mind like snow
 And when the shove comes down to love
 The facade falls down
 And when the bricks fall from the tricks
 The facade falls down

 It's a sunny afternoon and I'm sitting in my
 robe
 I'm dirty and I'm here alone
 There's a story on my table that talks about
 me
 And I want to stuff it down the author's throat
 And I'm sleeping with someone new every
 night
 And in the morning politely saying "bye"

 And I'm nowhere and no one
 And I only wanna run
 And I feel like a hamburger bun
 And when you must
 Believe or bust
 The facade falls down
 When you're scared of a brand new care
 The facade falls down
 I got no reason to believe
 I got no reason but I'm New York Scumbag
 Tough
 And I'll keep on truckin'

 So night is falling
 And I'm getting' tired
 And it's time to get my slippers and books
 Got a sweater and glasses
 And something that passes
 For a way to get by in this world
 And I'm getting' tired
 Of so many different things
 I guess I'm just plain tired
 Or maybe too intelligent to believe
 In the obvious side of things
 And when voice says make a choice
 The facade falls down
 When your knees start to concede
 The facade falls down
 When the shove comes down to love
 The facade falls down
 And when the bricks fall from the tricks
 The facade falls down

 The facade falls down
 The facade falls down
 The facade falls down
 The facade falls down
 The facade falls down