Lyric

I pin my name above my heart

And leave the rest of me outside

The lights come on the doors slide open

I make my tired voice bright

I say the words in perfect order

How can I help you today

I fold my anger under the counter

And hand the change away

They borrow my face for a minute

Then another then the day

I keep the real one somewhere hidden

Where the cameras look away

This is my customer service face

Bright enough to hide the ache

Say it sweet and step away

Let nobody see it shake

This is my customer service face

Made to bend and not to break

I smile until the smile stays

Long after I am not okay

Smile smile have a nice day

Smile smile nothing to say

Smile smile keep it in place

Customer service face

You left your bad day on the counter

I wrapped it up with mine

You talked right through me like a window

I still said that was fine

Someone got loud and I got softer

Someone was cruel and I stayed clear

I learned to make my body smaller

So no one had to feel me here

I clocked out but the voice kept working

Polite inside my throat

I took the name tag off my shirt

But not the way I spoke

This is my customer service face

Bright enough to hide the ache

Say it sweet and step away

Let nobody see it shake

This is my customer service face

Made to bend and not to break

I smile until the smile stays

Long after I am not okay

After closing in the mirror

Under fluorescent blue

I wait for something real to surface

But all I see is you

The girl who never made it harder

The girl who never made a scene

The girl who kept the room from burning

By letting it burn through me

This was my customer service face

Bright enough to lose my name

I wore it through another shift

Until it started looking the same

This was my customer service face

Made to bend and not to break

Now I am standing in the silence

Trying to find my real face

The lights go out the doors stop opening

No one needs me to be kind

I touch my cheek like it is borrowed

And leave the counter behind