Substitute Lyrics

Substitute

You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of
leather

But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but
my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look
pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah

Substitute your lies for
fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white, but my
dad was black
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack

I was
born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east,
and the east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the
eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you
won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it
by

Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you
for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done