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I Looked Into the Mirror

from Music For Mutants by Radioactive Chicken Heads

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One of our earliest inspirations were the radical children's records of Barry Louis Polisar. This is a cover of a song that was originally on his album "Off Color Songs For Kids"

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I LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR

WHAT DID THE MIRROR SAY?

"YOU'RE THE UGLIEST KID I'VE SEEN, WILL YOU PLEASE GO WAY!!!"

MY FEELINGS HAD BEEN HURT

MY PRIDE WAS DAMAGED, I WAS CRUSHED

MY HAIR WAS COMBED, MY CLOTHES WERE CLEAN

MY TEETH HAD ALL BEEN BRUSHED

TOOK MY FATHER'S OVERCOAT AND A FADED OLD BOW TIE

CAME BACK TO THE MIRROR TO GET A NEW REPLY

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, HOW DO I LOOK TO YOU?

"JUST LIKE THAT UGLY KID!", THE MIRROR SAID AS I WITHDREW

I LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR

WHAT DID THE MIRROR SAY?

"YOU'RE THE UGLIEST KID I'VE SEEN, WILL YOU PLEASE GO AWAY!!"

FOUND MY MOTHER'S MAKE-UP KIT

AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S OLD WIG

GOT SOME LIPSTICK ON MY MOUTH

AND I MADE MY CHEST LOOK BIG

PUT MY SISTER'S SWEATER ON

AND I ROLLED UP BOTH MY SLEEVES

MIRROR WAS SO SILENT

I WAS SO RELIEVED

THEN FINALLY, THE MIRROR SPOKE AND MADE ME FEEL SO DUMB

IT SAID, "YOU'RE STILL WEIRD AND UGLY! HOW COME?"

I LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR

WHAT DID THE MIRROR SAY?

"YOU'RE THE UGLIEST KID I'VE SEEN, WILL YOU PLEASE GO AWAY!!"

COULDN'T PLEASE THAT MIRROR NO MATTER HOW I TRIED

I SPENT MONEY, TIME AND ENERGY AND LOTS OF NIGHTS I CRIED

I REALIZED THAT THOUGH IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE WAY YOU LOOK

WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHO YOU ARE THAT'S WHAT I MISTOOK

YEAH, THE BEST REFLECTION OF WHO YOU ARE COMES FROM ANOTHER PLACE

SO I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW MIRROR...

AND GOT A HAIRCUT JUST IN CASE

I LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR

WHAT DID THE MIRROR SAY?

"YOU MAY BE THE UGLIEST KID I'VE SEEN BUT PLEASE DON'T GO AWAY!!!"

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from Music For Mutants, released May 22, 2008

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Not your average band of poultry punks and giant mutant vegetables, the Radioactive Chicken Heads are rapidly spreading their genetically modified rock 'n' roll across the world...Beware, if you are reading this, you may have already been contaminated.

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