Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind
Would you know me and see behind the smile
I can change like colors on a wall

Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all
I think I hide it all so well


Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can't erase from my life
Everybody knows

Standing out so you won't forget my name
That's the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows


Looking through the crowd
I search for something else

But every time I turn around
I run into myself
Here I stand

Consumed with my surroundings
Just another day
Of everybody looking

I swore they'd never see me cry
You'll never see me cry


Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can't erase from my life
Everybody knows

Standing out so you won't forget my name
That's the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows


You say I'll pay the price
That's the chance that I'll take

Though you may think I'm telling lies
But I just call it getting by


Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can't erase from my life
Everybody knows


Standing out so you won't forget my name
That's the way we play this game of life

Everybody knows I am just barely getting by