[Verse 1] [baritone male vocals enter] He sits behind this console As every note I'm tuning flows He watches all the dreams march past 'Cause he is a man behind the glass [bass guitar enters] The man behind the glass can see How elusive songs can be So the music man within his soul Taps his foot as hours roll And then the hours turn to years The years they leave their mark He tunes no guitar to a poet's line at dark Then he sits upon the same stage that I sit on in my mind Where a million nameless faces there will cling to every line And his heart he seems a lot like me With a vision of the song set free He knows just what the years can do 'Cause the man behind the glass dreams too [Instrumental Break] [acoustic guitar solo with melodic hammer-ons] [Verse 2] Sometimes one song is all you'll get You take your song within his net You catch your song and make it last 'Cause he is a man behind the glass And when the studio's empty and the music's all gone home He hums a self-made melody that lingers on and on Then he sits upon the same stage that I sit on in my mind Where a million nameless faces there will cling to every line And the music man within his soul Taps his foot as moments flow He watches all the dreams march past 'Cause he is a man behind the glass [Outro] And there's a man behind that glass
