Doppelgänger Lyrics

i seem

to see this stranger

almost everywhere

i do not wish

to frighten you

but you should know

he's there

so that if you're threatened

if evil's ever done

you'll know

it's him who did it

you'll know

that he's the one



his looks

are ordinary

but he does things in the dark

he hides inside the shadows

watching children

in the park

he whispers things

in subways

you'd tremble with alarm

i tell you

he will get to you

he's out

to do you harm



i've seen him

in the headlines

and on the evening news

i saw him

on the sideline

when stones were thrown

at jews

and marching in montgomery

pretending that he cared

i saw him wink

as though

some old conspiracy were shared

he was in the crowd in dallas

at the close of camelot

i spotted him

on campus when

the students had been shot

in an oriental village

with civilians left to rot

he was hanging out

with soldiers

trading heroin for pot

and he was

smiling

smiling....



last night

i found obscenities

scrawled across my wall

i swear

i can't repeat

the filthy words that i recall

and then

the most immoral

damned insulting thing of all

as I read each line

i noticed

his handwriting

was identical

with

mine.