Man in the mirror

There's a man that I used to know
And sometimes he still visits with me
When it's late and the alcohol's glow
He is nearly gone, and then it's time to awaken

And he looks and he laughs at the sight
And he asks what has happened to me
And I blame it all on the lights
But he smiles and says I'm mistaken

In a child like illusion of life
He imagined the things yet to be
But they all disappeared on this night
Carry on among the foresaken

For there is no use in denying
What the eye can so clearly see
That one day I too will be dying
And the man in the mirror agrees

And there is no use in disguising
What the eye can so clearly see
That I've spent my whole life denying
That the man in the mirror is me

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