you can shine you're shoes and wear a suit you can comb your hair and look quite cute you can hide your face behind a smile one thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside you wear a mask and paint your face you can call yourself the human race you can wear a collar and a tie but the one thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside well now you know that your cat has nine lives babe nine loves to itself but you only got one and a dog life ain't no fun mamma take a look outside. you can go to church and sing a hymn judge me by the color of my skin you can live a lie until you die one thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside.