Lyrics

Fake Tan

It don’t matter how carefully applied
Fake tan smudges
Come off with just a single wipe
Lather it on
Cover yourself head to foot
Your beauty routine can’t roll back time or truth

I may not be what you want
But I am
What you need
To give you an occasional clean
Appearances can be deceiving
Things aren’t
Things aren’t always
What they seem

Beauty is only skin deep
Ugly goes clean
To the bone and shows up in your marrow
Fake tan might cover some your sins, but you know
It stains your heart and soul as well as your clothes

No matter how much you put on
Fake tan lines
Still show your body as just pasty and white
An orange lozenge with bronze streaks down the side
You just can’t hide from the ravages of time

Of course, you don’t like it when I call you out
But I do
‘Cos it is the truth
No matter how loud
You shout
Protest your innocence
Hush!
Shut up!
You’re busted
Your cover is up!

Beauty is only skin deep
Ugly goes clean
To the bone and shows up in your marrow
Fake tan might cover some your sins, but you know
It stains your heart and soul as well as your clothes

Covering up your lies
What is it that you’re trying to hide?
Why are you wearing a disguise
What is it that you’ re trying to hide?

Beauty is only skin deep
Ugly goes clean
To the bone and shows up in your marrow
Fake tan might cover some your sins, but you know
It stains your heart and soul as well as your clothes

Yeah! Yeah!
I can see right through your fake tan!
Yeah! Yeah!
I can see right through your fake tan!
Yeah! Yeah!
I can see right through your fake tan!
Yeah! Yeah!
I can see right through your fake tan!