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 SEE RIGHT THROUGH
YOUR PLASTIC
I LOOK ALL WHITE
BUT MY DAD WAS BLACK
MY FINE LOOKIN' SUIT IS
REALLY MADE OUT OF SACK...
I WAS BORN WITH A PLAS
SPOON IN MY MOUTH
THE NORTH SIDE OF MY TOWN
FACED EAST AND THE
EAST WAS FACIN' 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
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 WASHIN' DONE
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 PLAS
SPOON IN MY MOUTH
THE NORTH SIDE OF MY TOWN
FACED EAST AND THE
EAST WAS FACIN' 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
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 WASHIN' DONE
SUBSTITUTE
YOUR LIES FOR FACT
I SEE RIGHT THROUGH
YOUR PLASTIC
I LOOK ALL WHITE
BUT MY DAD WAS BLACK
MY BRAND NEW SUIT IS
REALLY MADE OUT OF SACK...