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2002 Off-Broadway Musical
A Man of No Importance the Musical - Man in the Mirror (Reprise) Lyrics
MAN:
See a dimly lighted window,
flicker in the gloom…
MAN: (spoken)
He parted his hair down the middle, Mr. Byrne.
That’s it, straight down the middle.
WOMAN: (spoken)
Dab of powder, a little rouge; subtle, subtle.
MAN:
Life and art converging, in the tiny room…
WOMAN: (spoken)
Someone get him a green carnation.
MAN: (spoken)
He never went out without a green carnation.
MAN: (spoken)
It’s how they know one another,
it’s their signal.
WOMAN:
A man in the mirror is combing his hair,
WOMAN:
Watching himself as he starts to prepare.
ROBBIE: (spoken)
Here you are, Mr. Byrne.
Just came in down at the flower stalls.
Special, for you.
ALFIE: (spoken)
Me darling boy. Ain’t he a darling boy?
WOMAN: (spoken)
Oh yes, the darlingest boy we ever saw.
WOMAN: (spoken)
What’s his name?
ALFIE: (spoken)
Bosie! Robbie!
ENSEMBLE:
Where is my golden love?
(Where is my golden love?)
Where but in musty plays?
(Wait)
Man in the mirror, here you are
(Man in the mirror)
Who can tell you how to what
(Man in the mirror)
Who can tell you
(Man in the mirror)
Man in the mirror
OSCAR WILDE: (spoken)
One fiery-colored moment of great life.
This is your moment, Alfie Byrne.
OSCAR WILDE:
Man in the mirror,
Standing here
With the hope of the world before you.
Damn their derision,
Do not fear
These anonymous little men.
Alfie, you have a biting wit.
ALFIE: (spoken)
If one tells the truth, one is sure,
sooner or later, to be found out.
OSCAR WILDE:
And a poet’s heart.
ALFIE: (spoken)
We have lived our lives in the land of dreams.
How sad, it seems.
OSCAR WILDE: (spoken)
The only way to get rid of temptation…
ALFIE (spoken):
Is to yield to it.
[Thanks to Julia Labusch for the lyrics]
[Thanks to Julia Labusch for correction]
Review: A Man of No Importance the Musical Lyrics
A Man of No Importance the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
A Man of No Importance
The Burden of Life
Going Up
Princess
The Streets of Dublin
Books
Man in the Mirror
Love Who You Love
Our Father
Confession
The Cuddles Mary Gave
A Man of No Importance (Reprise)
Confusing Times
Love Who You Love (Reprise)
Man in the Mirror (Reprise)
Tell Me Why
Love Who You Love (Reprise)
Welcome to the World
Poem
Love's Never Lost
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