Everyone tells me I’m doing just fine
But they don't know nothing or they're just being kind
'Cos I’ve been fakin' it, makin’ it look like I’m someone I’m not
Since I can remember I've being playing a part
Never did nothing straight from the heart
Pretending so long, I don't think I'd know how to stop
I've got a past that's not over and I often go back
Pick out a few memories, switch round a few facts
And pull out a bagful of smiling pictures of me
But old photos are never gonna tell the whole truth
‘Cos someone decides what he’s not gonna shoot
And I never was the man that I used to be
I was never the man that I used to be
The man that you get's not the man that you see
Old stories get better every time that they’re told
Just one little lie and you're out of control
No, I never was the man that I used to be
There’s a whole lotta days when the hat doesn't fit
A whole lotta nights I wish I could quit
A whole lot of stuff some day is gonna catch up with me
The truth's gonna come out, it's just a matter of time
I'm like a castle on a beach that waits for the tide
And I never was the man that I used to be