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Artist: Harry Belafonte
Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/genuine-imitation-life
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Genuine Imitation Life
Read Genuine Imitation Life lyrics by Harry Belafonte on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Genuine Imitation Life
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Chameleon changing colors-while a crocodile cries
People rubbing elbows bit never touching eyes
Talking off their marks, revealing still another guise
Genuine imitation life
People buying happiness and manufactured fun
Everybody doing what everybodys done
People count on people who can only count to one
Genuine imitation life
All the pretty clouds are a lovely shade of black
You find the night direction, someone tears up all the track
People worship crosses, fingers cross behind their back
Genuine imitation life
Genuine imitation life
Old friends get together but its solitaire they play
Everybodys rainbow done in different shades of gray
Its a lovely place to visit but I wouldnt want to stay
In a genuine imitation life
Genuine imitation life
Genuine imitation life
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Harry Belafonte performs "Genuine Imitation Life", and this lyric page sits inside the Harry Belafonte catalog on LyroVerse.
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