House Of Mirrors Lyrics - T Bone Burnett

He was born in Brooklyn 

And grew up in the Church of Rome 

There was a girl there who loved him and had faith 

He loved her like a madman, he loved her like a fool 

He got a lot of big ideas 

And fought his way up to mad avenue 

He navigated that bizarre world easily 

He did good work and he was smart 

He knew his superiors, he disdained his inferiors 

He was proud and dignified and she waited 

The more money made, the more he wanted 

The more glory he got, the more he wanted 

His appetites were never sated 

Everything he knew about himself 

He drew from what was around him 

You know this suit is you, this car is you 

This studio is you 

People were no different, people were also his mirrors 

Often he was their mirror as well 

Life became complicated and overstated 

And underrated and she waited 

The more power he got, the more he wanted naturally 

The more women he had, the more he wanted 

His appetites were never sated 

She finally married a wine salesman and had three children 

Sometimes he thinks of her 

But it's a gnawing, painful memory 

Eventually, like Napoleon, he attacked Russia