Lyrics Graham Parker

Graham Parker

See Yourself

Can you crawl out of the darkness of that dungeon where you're hangin'

Can you dismantle the cross you've had to bear

Can you prize the lid right open on all that fancy footwork

and set fire to the shoes you've had to wear

Just because the mud's there doesn't mean you have to wallow

Doesn't mean you have to be hollow in the head

And just because your mouth's full doesn't mean you have to swallow

Doesn't mean you have to believe what you just said

You should see yourself Baby you lack vision

You should see yourself get a pair of eyes

You should see yourself go to your optician

You should see yourself through that framework of lies

See yourself See yourself

Can you find that little dictator that's living in your basement

Can you stage a coup to take that idiot out

Can you organise your senses as if they were an army

and march them off to off that little lout

Just because you're English doesn't mean you have to be narrow

Doesn't mean you have to be shallow and uptight

Just because you're pale it doesn't mean you have to be callow

Doesn't mean you have to believe you're always right

You should see yourself baby you lack vision

You should see yourself through the eyes of the world

You should see yourself and your clockwork ambition

you should see yourself Or would you rather go blind

See yourself See yourself

Can you take this little megaphone and push it in your eardrum

Can you try to listen very carefully

Can you stare up at that wall chart and look at those red letters

Can you try to read them through from A to Z

Just because it's funny doesn't mean you have to be foolish

Doesn't mean you have to wish you ruled this world

And just because it's sunny

doesn't mean you have to blot the sun out

Doesn't mean your lips always have to curl

You should see yourself Everybody else can

You should see yourself it's not a pretty sight

You should see yourself through those crocodile tear glands

You should see yourself Or would you rather go blind

See yourself See yourself