[Lyric] See Yourself (Graham Parker & The Episodes)

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
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

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