Perhaps, I'll never show this world all I could be   I just can't sing to any man the song he wants to hear   And I know that some won't like me   Others try to be my friend   But I'm all of me and that's all that I am      And if life is for the living   Then why can't men be real   'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?   Forgettin' how to feel   Forgettin' how to feel      We still live in a time when manners cover what is real   There's a basic fact of life that the times cannot conceal   That if some are masqueraders   Others live in their facade   But I'm what I am, I cannot be what I am not      And if life is for the living   Then why can't men be real   'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?   Forgettin' how to feel   Forgettin' how to feel      I may be too honest and offend those who pretend   I don't claim I'm always right, that I'm everybody's friend   Perhaps for them it's easier to be what they are not   But I'm what I am   And I just can't play that part      And if life is for the living   Then why can't men be real   'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?   Forgettin' how to feel   Forgettin' how to feel