Genuine Imitation Life - Frankie Valli, The Four Seasons

chameleons changing colors

while a crocodile cries

people rubbing elbows

but never touching eyes

taking of their masks

revealing

still another guise

genuine

imitation life

people buying happiness

and manufactured fun

everybody doing

everybody done

people count on 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 worship crosses

fingers crossed behind their back

genuine

imitation life

old friends get together

but it’s solitaire they play

everybody’s rainbows

done in different shades of gray

its a lovely place to visit

but I wouldn’t want to stay

genuine

imitation life

in a genuine

imitation life