Magic Mirror

Standing by the highway

A suitcase by my side

And no place I want to go

I just thought I'd catch a ride

Many people look my way

And many pass me by

In moments of reflection, I wonder why

To the thieves, I am a bandit, whoa

The mothers think I'm a son

To the preachers, I'm a sinner

Lord, I'm not the only one

To the sad ones, I'm unhappy

To the losers, I'm a fool

To the students, I'm a teacher

With the teachers, I'm unschooled

To the hobos, I'm imprisoned

By everything I own

To the soldier, I'm just someone else

Who's dying to go home

The general sees a number

A politician's tool

To my friends, I'm just an equal

In this whirlpool

Magic mirror, won't you tell me please

Do I find myself in anyone I see?

Magic mirror, if we only could

Try to see ourselves as others would

To policemen, I'm suspicious

It's in the way I look

I'm just another character

To fingerprint and book

To the censor, I'm pornography

With no redeeming grace

To the hooker, I'm a customer without a face

And the sellers think I'm merchandise

They'll have me for a song

The left ones think I'm right

The right ones think I'm wrong

And many people look my way

And many pass me by

And in my quiet reflection, I wonder why

Magic mirror, won't you tell me please

Do I see myself in anyone I meet?

Magic mirror, if we only could

Try to see ourselves as others would