When I rose from a heavy sleepnI was stepping lightlynAnd I put on my gray suitnAnd the matching fedorannReady to face the worldnFairly nearly readynCame down the hallwaynLooked in the mirrornnI’m gonna break SomethingnI’m gonna break SomethingnTodaynAnd sweep all the pieces awaynnAnd I stood before the mirror thennLike I was waiting for a phone callnSquinting like a lost traveler in a thick fognBut nothing clear came into view nExcept for younJust off in the distant horizonnSomething hidden in your handnnI’m gonna break somethingnI’m gonna break somethingnTodaynAnd sweep all the pieces awaynnSo I pulled my hat brim down over my eyesnAnd preened and posed and tried my new self on for sizenThen I was out the door in the faint winter sunlightnJust a number in the crowd smiling at everyonennAh but who’d smile back at a face like that?nI’m gonna break somethingnI’m gonna break somethingnTodaynAnd sweep all the pieces away