Lyric A Great Disguise

(Even Stevens/Hillary Kanter/Greg Barnhill)

People talking, think I m all right
Think I m doing fine
Goin through the motions of my life
Go to work now every mornin
Yeah I play the part
And hide away the contents of my solemn heart

But when the sun goes down
And the moon is high
I can t control the flood of all these tears inside
And if they only knew
They d be so surprised
I m just a good pretender in a great disguise

Keep em guessin , keep em laughin
Build that wall up high
As long as they don t see the other side
You ve really done it
Done a number, a number on my soul
But I ll be damned if I ll ever let you know

But when the sun goes down
And the moon is high
There s no way to hide the truth from me, myself, and I
Yeah, I wear it well
Though it ain t my size
I m just a good pretender in a great disguise

I m not one to show emotion
Like some fools I see
I won t wear my heart out on my sleeve
I don t miss you
Not for a moment
I m gonna be okay

Words of wisdom spoken
By the light of day

But when the sun goes down
And the moon is high
Your memory pulls me under like a strong riptide
I m still in love with you
It s all smoke and lights
I m just a good pretender in a great disguise
I m just a good pretender in a great disguise