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Songs About People That Are Not Who They Seem To Be
What are some of your favorite songs where a person in the tune is giving a misleading impression of who they are?
Hera are a few of mine:
The Great Imposter - The Fleetwoods
"Don't she know he's on stage
It's not real it's just play
And he's playing the part
That is soon to break her heart"
Runaround Sue - Dion
"She'll love you but she'll put you down"
She's Not You - Elvis
"Her hair is soft, and her eyes are oh so blue
She's all the things a girl should be but she's not you"
Paper Roses - Anita Bryant, Marie Osmond
I realize the way your eyes deceive me
With tender looks that I mistook for love"
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Donna, The Prima Donna by Dion
She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor,
Even though she's Donna next door.
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You’re the Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley
You look like an angel (look like an angel)
Walk like an angel (walk like an angel)
Talk like an angel
But I got wise
You're the devil in disguise
Poison Ivy - The Coasters
She comes on like a rose,
But everybody knows,
She'll get you in dutch.
You can look but you better not touch!
She's pretty as a daisy,
But look out man, she's crazy!
Life is not a float trip
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Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie
I pretend that I'm happy
But I'm Mr. Blue
The Great Pretender - The Platters
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a clown
Pretending that you're still around
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It's amazing how many of these seem to involve clowns. In addition to The Great Pretender, noted above, there's these greasepaint greats:
Everybody Loves A Clown - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Yes, I'm a clown but I don't want to be
Why can't you see the other side of me?
The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson
Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye
But in my lonely room, I cry
The Tears of a Clown
When there's no one around.
Goodbye Cruel World - James Darren
I'm off to join the circus
Gotta find a way to hide my tears
Then I'll have them rollin' in the aisles
And I'll forget that woman if it takes a hundred years...
Come on, everybody, he's good for a laugh
And no one could tell his heart is broken in half.
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I'm Livin' In Shame - The Supremes
In a college town
Away from home, a new identity I found
Said I was born elite, with maids and servants at my feet
I must have been insane
I lied and said Mama died on a weekend trip to Spain
She never got out of the house
Never even boarded a train
It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond
Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it?
Had offers but don't know which one to take
Please don't tell 'em how you found me
Don't tell 'em how you found me
Gimme a break, give me a break
Down By The Station - The Four Preps
I said I'm through with one and two
I love you number three
I said I love you number three
And here's what she said to me
Just head on down by the station early in the morning
Catch yourself a trolley car that goes into the sea
I want a love that's true sir, not a love like you sir
You weren't true to one and two
You won't be true to me
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aflem wrote:
It's amazing how many of these seem to involve clowns. ...
A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
A little bitty tear let me down
Spoiled my act as a clown
I had it made up not make a frown
But a little bitty tear let me down
Life is not a float trip
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Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Little Red Riding Hood
You sure are looking good
You're everything a big bad wolf could want
Awoo!
I mean Baa
Baa?
Baa
Little Town Flirt - Del Shannon
Here she comes, just look at that style
She's looking at you, giving you that smile
But I know she's gonna treat you wrong
So your heart just better be strong
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Coward of the County - Rogers
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him Yellow
But something always told me, they were reading Tommy wrong
Are we limited to people?
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Well, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Life is not a float trip
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Playboy - Gene and Debbie
Hey boy, to me you're just a playboy
Never meaning what you say, boy
(He spends the rest of the song trying to convince her otherwise)
Playboy - The Marvelettes
Well, you ain't saying nothing in my book
'Cause this is the one fish you'll never ever hook
You left the others standing with their hearts in pain
And now you're coming around trying to do me the same
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Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
In the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
Just as healthy as I can be
But at night I'm a junk food junkie
Good Lord have pity on me
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Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
Golden words he will pour in your ear
But his lies can't disguise what you hear
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her
It's the kiss of death from Mr. Goldfinger
Lies - The Knickerbockers
You think that you're such a smart girl
And I'll believe what you say
But who do you think you are, girl
To lead me on this way
Mirage - Tommy James and The Shondels
Mirage, that's all you are to me
Mirage, something I only see
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You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles
You give your hand to me, and then, you say hello
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me, no
No, you don't know the one who dreams of you each night
And longs to kiss your lips
And longs to hold you tight
To you, I'm just a friend
That's all I've ever been
No, you don't know me
It Hurts To Be In Love - Gene Pitney
How long can I exist
Wanting lips I've never kissed
She gives all her kisses to somebody else
She thinks I'm just a friend
Though it hurts, I must pretend
The only way to keep her, is to keep it to myself
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Games People Play - Joe South
Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
Lola - The Kinks
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world
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Sweet Talking Guy - The Chiffons
Sweet talking Guy, talking sweet kinda lies
Don't you believe in him, if you do he'll make you cry
He'll send you flowers and paint the town with another girl
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Why do you build me up
Buttercup baby
Just to let me down?
And mess me around
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