Substitute - The Who
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
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
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 I watched you cry
It's a genuine problem,
you won't try
To work it out
at all 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
Substitute your lies for fact
I see right through your plastic mac
I look all white
but my dad was black
My fine looking suit's
are really made out of sack