got a mirror on the wall
here in my one bedroom
reflects back to me
let's me see
my life & my doom
here in my one bedroom

i can see it all
here in my one bedroom

oh, i got my cd's
and my guitar's
my mandolin
and my sin
my wanna' be's
i can even see's
the stars

got the pictures of my kid's
got some secrets that i hid's

got a closet i don't open
why would i?
just as soon they go unspoken
promises broken
what's there
anyway
i'd just stand & stare
that'd be more than i can bare
what can i say?

got stacks of papers...
bills & wills
back taxes i don't pay
memories of old caper's
anyway
all i have ta' say...

this is
not 'tis
the way i'd a thought
it was gonna' be
not what i sought
just what i bought
when i became me

livin' in 1 room
in a dyin' house
wishin' i had a broom
so i could clean house

clothes are here & there
i only pick-up what i wear

damn,
i never shave
i never behave

i sleep 'till i'm up
then i stay up
'till i sleep
read 'em & weep
ain't that deep

my geetar's got a broken string
so i can't sing
keep meanin' ta' fix that thing

oh, and that mandolin
i never learned ta' play
12 strings - hey
what can i say?

my pc & i
we get by
didn't buy it at Best Buy

but now those folks
i bought it from
guess they took their tokes
they go & they come
'cause they be gone
so long...just an old song

clothes are here & there
hey, where am i goin' anyway
got my art & my poetry
still got me
i be here
with my tear & my fear
what can i say
anyway

got kid's i never see
an ex-wife who still loves me
now that's sumpin' ta be

pictures on the walls
that's alls
memories
of what used ta' be's

guess that's my life
my struggle & strife
how it's gonna' be
least for me

i always be a beginner
never an ender
just an old sinner
never a loser or a winner
a fan of freddy fender...

"wasted days & wasted nights"
"turn out the lights the party's over"

ain't no do overs

so that mirror & i
we stare at each other
oh brother...what a mother
but that mirror & i
we get by
we still try

day to day
night after night
waitin' for daylight
some kinda' insight
that might?
that might...
turn night into day
again...where would i begin
what can i say

after all
what can i say
you can't have it all
after all.

but my mirror & i
we get by
i say with a sigh
my mirror & i
we just get by