[Verse 1] I iron my smile every morning Before the world gets to see Polish the laugh, check the lighting Make sure that nothing looks like me The table is set for the neighbours The flowers are perfectly placed We toast to a life we are renting And smile while the years go to waste [Pre-Chorus] And everyone's watching And no one is seeing The cracks in the ceiling We painted over last spring [Chorus] It's all for show, all for show The chandeliers and the front row We dress it up, we put it on A beautiful lie we all belong All for show, all for show Diamonds on a domino We built this house on glass and sand But girl it looks good From where they stand [Verse 2] She drives a car she cannot pay for He wears a watch like a crown They holiday somewhere with sunshine And quietly slowly they drown We all nod and smile at the party Pretending we haven't a care But every confession is cancelled Before it can hang in the air [Pre-Chorus] And everyone's watching And no one is seeing The cracks in the ceiling We painted over last spring [Chorus] It's all for show, all for show The chandeliers and the front row We dress it up, we put it on A beautiful lie we all belong All for show, all for show Diamonds on a domino We built this house on glass and sand But girl it looks good From where they stand [Bridge] And I could walk away from all of this Leave the curtain and the stage But the audience is all I've ever known And silence is a harder cage So I'll powder my face And I'll take my place And smile till my smile Becomes real [Final Chorus] It's all for show, all for show The chandeliers and the front row We dress it up, we put it on A beautiful lie we all belong All for show, all for show Diamonds on a domino We built this house on glass and sand But girl it looks good Girl it looks good From where they stand [Outro - theatrical, driving to a close] All for show All for show (All for show) All for show...
