when you get what you want in your struggle for self and the world makes you king for a day just go to a mirror and look at yourself and see what that man has to say for it isn t your father or mother or wife whose judgement upon you must pass but the feller whose verdict counts most in your life is the one staring back from the glass oh you can fool the whole world down the pathway of yours and get pats on the back as you pass but your final reward will be heartaches and tears if you cheated the man the man in the glass oh you can be like jack horner and chisel a plum and think you re a wonderful guy but the man in the glass says you re only a bum if you can t look him straight in the eye he s the feller to please never mind all the rest for he s with you clear up to the end and you ve passed your most dangerous physical test if the man in the glass is your friend  oh you can fool the whole world down the pathway of yours and get pats on the back as you pass but your final reward will be heartaches and tears if you cheated the man the man in the glass no never cheat the man in the glass baby cause you re only gonna hurt yourself cause you see that man in the glass is only you