Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind   Would you know me and see behind the smile   I can change like colors on a wall   Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all   I think I hide it all so well      Stepping out, everyone can see my face   All the things I can't erase from my life   Everybody knows   Standing out so you won't forget my name   That's the way we play this game of life   Everybody knows      Looking through the crowd   I search for something else   But every time I turn around   I run into myself   Here I stand   Consumed with my surroundings   Just another day   Of everybody looking   I swore they'd never see me cry   You'll never see me cry      Stepping out, everyone can see my face   All the things I can't erase from my life   Everybody knows   Standing out so you won't forget my name   That's the way we play this game of life   Everybody knows      You say I'll pay the price   That's the chance that I'll take   Though you may think I'm telling lies   But I just call it getting by      Stepping out, everyone can see my face   All the things I can't erase from my life   Everybody knows      Standing out so you won't forget my name   That's the way we play this game of life   Everybody knows I am just barely getting by