Who's This Stranger

Woke up this morning
Opened up my eyes
Rough around the edges
Under threatening skies
Looked in the mirror
Didn’t feel quite the same
When I looked again
I couldn’t remember my name

Who’s this stranger in my skin?
Where did I go, who let you in?
Was I blown away on some evil wind?
Who’s this stranger in my skin?

Did I leave a note
Tell you where I’d gone?
Did I kiss you goodbye
Did I say how long?
Am I hanging around here
Like some hungry ghost
Or did I wander off
Or take the last train to the coast

Who’s this stranger in my skin?
Where did I go, who let you in?
Was I blown away on some evil wind?
Who’s this stranger in my skin?

It used to be so easy
Seems so long ago
Can’t quite remember
All the things I used to know
People and places
Fading into the gray
Hanging on tight
But it’s all slipping away

Who’s this stranger in my skin?
Where did I go, who let you in?
Was I blown away on some evil wind?
Who’s this stranger in my skin?

How’d you get in?
Through some mystical door
Through the soles of my feet
Or a hole in the floor
How’d you get in?
How was I unaware?
When I look in the mirror
Why are you standing there?

October 2006, Myrtle Beach, SC and Alexandria, VA