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One day you're going to have to face  
One day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror


A deep dark truthful mirror
And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say


And it's going to tell you things that I still
The sky was just a purple bruise, the ground was iron
 
Love you too much to say
 
The sky was just a purple bruise,
 
The ground was iron
   
   
And you fell all around the town
And you fell all around the town until you looked the same


Until you looked the same




Chorus:  
''(Chorus:)''


The same eyes, the same lips,
The same eyes, the same lips


The same lie from your tongue trips  
The same lie from your tongue trips  
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Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts
 
Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts  


Ring to the boots of roustabouts
Ring to the boots of roustabouts
But you're never in any doubt,


There's something happening somewhere  
And you're never in any doubt, there's something happening somewhere  


You chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed  
You chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed on a fiberglass tumbleweed


On a fiberglass tumbleweed
You can blow around the town, but it all shuts down the same


You can blow around the town,


But it all shuts down the same


''(Repeat Chorus)''


Chorus




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They set him up, set him up on the stool
They set him up, set him up on the stool
   
   
He falls down, falls down like a drunk  
He falls down, he falls down like a drunk  


And you drink till you drool
And you drink till you drool
   
   
And it's his story you'll flatter
Well, it's his story you'll flatter
   
   
You'll stretch him out like a saint
You'll stretch him out like a saint
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Chorus
 
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
 
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror




A stripping puppet on a liquid stick


Gets into it pretty thick
A stripping muppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick
   
   
A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears,
A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it?


But how do you know he really needs it?
'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand
 
'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand,
   
   
Jesus wept he felt abandoned  
Jesus wept, he felt abandoned  


You're spellbound baby, there's no doubting that  
You're spellbound baby, there's no doubting that  
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Chorus
 
''(Repeat Chorus)''
 
 
 
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

Revision as of 04:55, 11 May 2006

One day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror

And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say

The sky was just a purple bruise, the ground was iron

And you fell all around the town until you looked the same


(Chorus:)

The same eyes, the same lips

The same lie from your tongue trips

Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror


Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts

Ring to the boots of roustabouts

And you're never in any doubt, there's something happening somewhere

You chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed on a fiberglass tumbleweed

You can blow around the town, but it all shuts down the same


(Repeat Chorus)


So you bay for the boy in the tiger-skin trunks

They set him up, set him up on the stool

He falls down, he falls down like a drunk

And you drink till you drool

Well, it's his story you'll flatter

You'll stretch him out like a saint

But the canvas that he splattered

Will be the picture that you never paint


Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror


A stripping muppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick

A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it?

'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand

Jesus wept, he felt abandoned

You're spellbound baby, there's no doubting that

Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat?


(Repeat Chorus)


Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror