'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand
On a fiber-glass tumble-weed
But the canvas that he splattered
The sky was just a purple bruise
Ring to the boots of roustabouts
The same lie from your tongue trips
Oh, you can blow around the town
They set him up, set him up on the stool
And you fell all around the town
The same eyes, the same lips
A stripping puppet on a liquid stick
The same lie from your tongue trips
The same lie from your tongue trips
Well, it's his story you'll flatter
The same eyes, the same lips
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
But how do you know he really needs it?
The same eyes, the same lips
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Gets into it pretty thick
There's somethin' happenin' somewhere
And you're never in any doubt
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
But it all shuts down the same
Until you looked the same
And butterfly drinks a turtle's tears
Jesus wept, he felt abandoned
Oh, you chase down the road till your fingers bleed
And you drink till you drool
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts
He falls down, he falls down like a drunk
You'll stretch him out like a saint
Did you ever see her stare like a Persian cat?
So you bay for the boy in the tiger-skin trunks
Will be the picture that you never paint
And it's gonna tell you things
You spell-bound baby, there's no doubt in that
The ground was iron
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
That I still love you too much to say
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
