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Leon Russell Original © 1972 All Rights Reserved - Magic Mirror (Leon Russell)

from Covers 2014 by JSchnaub

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Rough work in progress of a 1972 Leon Russell tune. I used the bridge from the live performance, but didn't listen too much to the original to bring my own vocal inflections to it. I'm just learning this song now and uploading it for listening/analysis to be retooled from scratch later, after I'm more intimately familiar with the song.

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“Magic Mirror”

I’m standing by the highway, suitcase by my side
There’s no place I want to go, I just thought I’d catch a ride

Many people look my way, and many pass me by
In moments of reflection, I wonder why

To the thieves I am a bandit (whoa), the mothers think I’m a son
To the preachers I’m a sinner, Lord I’m not the only one

To the sad ones I’m unhappy, to the losers I’m a fool
To the students I’m a teacher, with the teachers I’m in school

To the hobos I’m imprisoned by everything I own
To the soldier I’m just someone else who’s dying to go home

The general sees a number, a politician’s tool
To my friends I’m just an equal in this whirlpool

Magic mirror won’t you tell me please
Do I find myself in anyone I see? <- Sung wrong lyric here! :O
Magic mirror if we only could
Try to see ourselves as others would

To policeman I’m suspicious… it’s in the way I look
I’m just another character to fingerprint and book

To the censors I’m pornography, with no redeeming grace
To the hooker I’m a customer without a face

The sellers think I’m merchandise, they’ll have me for a song
The left ones think I’m right, the right ones think I’m wrong

And many people look my way, and many pass me by
And in my quiet reflection I wonder why

Magic mirror won’t you tell me please
Do I see myself in anyone I meet?
Magic mirror if we only could
Try to see ourselves as others would

LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y2zQmLh4FA
STUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-H1iQ5Y6Eg

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from Covers 2014, track released August 5, 2014

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JSchnaub Phoenix, Arizona

Just an indie guy writing, playing and producing LoFi records with GarageBand, and a Yeti microphone. Goal: Share my original and cover songs while getting better at creating using only basic resources.

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