You think we look pretty good together

And ya think my shoes are made of leather



But when I'm a substitute for another guy

I look pretty tall but my heels are high

Simple things you look are complicated

I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah!



Substitute your lies for fact

I can see through your plastic mac

I look pretty white, but 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

Crocodile tears are what you cry

It's a genuine problem, you won't get a try

To work it out at all you just pass it by



Substitute your lies for fact

I can see through your plastic mac

I look pretty white, but dad was black

My fine looking suit is really made out of sack



Substitute

I'm a substitute

Ahhhhh