Whole Cloth

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 ever 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 makin' it up, yeah Cuttin' it out of whole cloth, yeah