On what do you base your life, my friend? Can you see around the bend? Can you see? On what star do you take your sight On a cold and blowy night Alone, alone? Old man can you make a mirror for me? It's got to be clearer than air for me 'cause you see i can't see me, no And i always thought that i meant what i said But you know that lately i've read We were lying All of us lying Just making it up, yeah Cuttin' it out of whole cloth, yeah.