Playin' the Role

Why should acting
Be one of my fears?
I've been acting a part
For the last fifteen years.

What kind of role
Do I play?  You must ask?
This guy that you know
Isn't me.  That's a fact.

That smile, for one thing,
The smile's a mask.
Short of song, nothing's
As dishonest as that.

Then there's the idea
That I'm a smart guy.
I talk lots, and test well,
But the numbers will lie.

And what can I say
About my faith in God?
If I do, and stop saying,
I'm marked as a fraud.

If none of this reached you,
That's too bad.  I quit.
I made this mask because
I prefer wearing it.