Substitute Lyrics - The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle - Sex Pistols

You think we look pretty good together 

You think my shoes are made of leather 

But I'm a substitute for another guy 

I look pretty tall but my heels are high 

The simple things you see are all complicated 

I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah 

Substitute your lies for fact 

I can see right through your plastic mac 

I look all white, but my dad was black 

My fine looking suit is really made out of sack 

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth 

The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south 

And now you dare to look me in the eye 

Those crocodile tears are what you cry 

It's a genuine problem, you won't try 

To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by 

Substitute me for him 

Substitute my coke for gin 

Substitute you for my mum 

At least I'll get my washing done 

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