Genuine Imitation Life

Chameleons changing colors
While a crocodile cries
People rubbing elbows
But never touching eyes
Taking off their masks
Revealing still another guise
Genuine, imitation life
People buying happiness
And manufactured fun
Everybody’s doing
What everybody’s done
You count on lots of people
Who can only count to one
Genuine, imitation life
All the pretty clouds
Are a lovely shade of black
You find the right direction
Someone tears up all the track
People wish of crosses
Fingers crossed behind their back
Genuine, imitation life
Old friends get together
But it’s solitaire they play
Everybody’s rainbows
Dressed in different shades of gray
It’s a lovely place to visit
But I wouldn’t want to stay
Genuine, imitation life