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Mirrors Tell Lies
Bootsy Collins
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Mr. Hendrix, a lot of people found the Wallkill assembly
Startling, even surprising. What would you say to them?
Well, from now on, a lot of people are gonna find a whole lot
Of things ten times more startling, ten times more surprising
All depends on where their head's at. Let's pretend that a
Flying saucer's coming down. Instead of checking it out or really
Seeing what it's about, they're gonna try to shoot it down
First of all. In other words, an unknown thing. So this is very
Unknown to the people who are surprised, isn't it? So they should
Try to get, you know, get into it, see what it's really about
Mirror, mirror up on the wall
Some kids fat, some kids tall, yeah
Mirror, mirror all in my brain
Uh, can you excuse me while I go insane?
You tell yourself that it's who you really are
'Cause you made a little money and people call you a star
But don't look now in the looking glass
Ninety miles per hour really ain't that fast
Well, you keep looking for a heart that you can rely on
Well, I'ma tell you right now, you better be wise
'Cause truth will turn to love and love turns into strength
But mirrors still lie
Music has a lot of influence on a lot of young people today
Well, now the things you see is very close at hand
What's inside is what makes you a better man
It's alright to buy some things
But look at what happened to all the kings and queens
Mirror, mirror up on the wall
Some kids fat, some kids tall, yeah
Mirror, mirror all in my brain
Uh, can you excuse me
People can do anything they wanna do, it's
Up to themselves, with the right intentions
And when you know you got the strength, oh, you can carry on
You keep going and going and going until you're gone
Truth turns into love and love turns into strength
But mirrors still lie
Matter of fact, what we're trying to stress also is like music should
Be done outside in an accessible type of way, just like they do it
Anywhere else. And like if they can, uh, have more gigs like this
In Harlem. You know, you can play outside, say for instance, three
Days. On the fourth day, you play half the day outside, for instance
And maybe the other time in the Apollo, you know, four shows or
Whatever, you know. And the idea of people really listening to music
Over the sky, you know, it's such
A large body, such a large, you know
Showing that it's leading up to love, peace
And harmony for anybody and a chance for anybody
Mirror, mirror up on the wall
It all becomes this really all
Mirror, mirror, is that really me?
Just change your reflection to what I wanna be
I feel like for everybody to see these type of festivals, everybody
Mixed together, you wouldn't believe it, you wouldn't believe it, you
Wouldn't believe it, you wouldn't believe it, you wouldn't believe it
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Different strokes for different folks, that's all I
Can say. Sly and the Family Stone, I think, said that
It was your love that brought me through
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Now, baby, my soul belongs to you
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Jimmy, I never knew what you were going through
Now I know for sure that your image is true
Yeah, I can hardly wait 'til the gig comes 'cause
I'm more comfortable with a guitar in front of people
Mirror, mirror up on the wall
Some kids fat, some kids tall, yeah
Mirror, mirror all in my brain
Uh, can you excuse me while I go insane?
Somebody done lied to me
I ain't putting no faith
The number's all wrong
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The sky is falling
Down, down, down, down
Because a lot of kids from the ghetto or whatever you wanna
Call it, you know, don't have enough money to travel across
The country to see these different festivals, what they call
Festivals. I mean, seven dollars is a lot of money, you know
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