Superficial Things Songtext
von John Dawson Read

Oh we can talk in idle chatter
In quick and witty repartee
Raking up the age old phrases
But few of them are really me
For I am thought and merely thinking
These superficial things are lies
Unintentional deception
A frontispiece for others′ eyes


And as I walk my feet are strolling
Taking me from place to place
Seeing people, hear them talking
But finding nothing in their face
For my movements are mere mechanics
Of habits born and habits bred
Oh but I am someone different
Hiding deep within my head

I live my life as if tomorrow
All will change and I'll come through
But then I find tomorrow′s here
And nothing's changed and nothing's new

But then I think that everybody
They live their lives but think a dream
So few of us are as we′d like us
Few of us are what we seem

I live my life as if tomorrow
All will change and I′ll come through
But then I find tomorrow's here
And nothing′s changed and nothing's new


But then I think that everybody
They wish their lives were as their dream
So few of us are as we′d like us
Few of us are what we seem