You Can't Dress Up a Broken Heart

I wash that face of yesterday,

The minute I wake up,

No tell tale trace to give me away,

It's covered with make up,

Happy I appear to be,

Dig a little deeper,

Any child can see

You can't dress up a broken heart,

You can' t fool love when it falls apart,

And you just don't hide all the empty inside,

You can pull the wool over some folk's eyes,

You can go downtown in a new disguise,

but you can't dress up a broken heart.

I greet the world in shiny shoes,

A knight in her armor,

I keep the real and lonely me where no one can harm her,

Putting on some fancy clothes

Doesn't stop the pain from going where it goes

You can't dress up a broken heart,

You can' t fool love when it falls apart,

And you just don't hide all the empty inside,

You can pull the wool over some folk's eyes,

You can go downtown in a new disguise,

but you can't dress up a broken heart.