Lyrics

In the Looking Glass
(partial capo on 2nd fret 5,4,3,2,1 and on 4th fret 4,3,2 in B)

F#add4 E
I’m gonna paddle slowly down a creek, as the colors turn.
I’m gonna drive to the ocean and see what I can learn.
I’m gonna find a little piece of land I can let go wild.
F#add4 E B
I’m gonna roll my bike downhill like it did as a child. As a child.

Chorus
E B F#/E/B/E/F# E B
Can you see a new world that breaks clean from the past?
E B F#/E/B/E/F# E F#add4
Can you see yourself in that new world, oh, in the looking glass?
E F#add4 B
Oh, In the looking glass, in the looking glass?

I sit in front of my TV as the pages turn.
I see mistakes repeated. Will we ever learn?
I see people with their shoulders to the wheel, and hearts so true.
I pull on my gloves ‘cause we’ve got work to do. Work to do.

Chorus

I can’t see myself at the barricades with handcuffs on.
I can’t see myself working on a farm from the break of dawn.
But I can compost and eat less meat and bike to the store.
I can think of the children before I buy something more. Something more.

Chorus

Words and music by David B. Hakan
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