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Tiger In the Mirror

I’m gonna put my mirror back It’s going on the wall The place that it was meant to be Before I had my fall No more nightclubs that never close No more pretentious mugs No more outside the toilet door Waiting for my drugs I’ve ridden on this Tiger’s back For fifteen years or more Afraid that it would eat me up If I stepped off to the floor So deeper in the jungle The Tiger went with me So deep that my adrenaline Took away my sight from me Along the way there’s been some fun There’s been some friends with me Their Tiger is the same as mine But each others we can’t see The mirrors on the table My reflection faces up The only time I look in it Is with my nose close up For four days now I’ve sat in here The curtains hide the light Is it cos my Tiger Only takes me out at night I’m gonna hang my mirror up It’s going on the wall I’m getting off this Tiger now I can’t face another fall

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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