Facade

<br>A little girl trapped in her knowledge and craft<br><br>Came tripping to my room last night<br><br>I cooked her a steak and I tried not to fake<br><br>And still make everything alright<br><br>She had dreads in her hair and problems and cares<br><br>She tried hard not to let em show<br><br>She was decent and sweet and I was sizin up the meat<br><br>But doubts fell in my mind like snow<br><br>And when the shove comes down to love<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>And when the bricks fall from the tricks<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br><br><br>Its a sunny afternoon and Im sitting in my robe<br><br>Im dirty and Im here alone<br><br>Theres a story on my table that talks about me<br><br>And I want to stuff it down the authors throat<br><br>And Im sleeping with someone new every night<br><br>And in the morning politely saying &quot;bye&quot;<br><br><br><br>And Im nowhere and no one<br><br>And I only wanna run<br><br>And I feel like a hamburger bun<br><br>And when you must<br><br>Believe or bust<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>When youre scared of a brand new care<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>I got no reason to believe<br><br>I got no reason but Im new york scumbag tough<br><br>And Ill keep on truckin<br><br><br><br>So night is falling<br><br>And Im getting tired<br><br>And its time to get my slippers and books<br><br>Got a sweater and glasses<br><br>And something that passes<br><br>For a way to get by in this world<br><br>And Im getting tired<br><br>Of so many different things<br><br>I guess Im just plain tired<br><br>Or maybe too intelligent to believe<br><br>In the obvious side of things<br><br>And when voice says make a choice<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>When your knees start to concede<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>When the shove comes down to love<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>And when the bricks fall from the tricks<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br><br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>The facade falls down<br><br>The facade falls down