Monster in My Mirror (The Ernie Song)
by Marc Gunn, 1997

I was wondering what would Ernie, the muppet from Sesame Street, be like if he was a manic depressive, so I wrote a song. All alone, Ernie looks into a mirror and sees Harry the monster, and gets really depressed. It has a very child-like sound to the recording. But the Ernie imitation makes it kinda amusing and popular among friends.

every morning when I wake i brush my hair clean
he's always there to make fun of me
his green and blue fur shake as he fusses about his jail
his goggly eyes jiggle while he gnaws on his tail

there's a monster in my mirror
he's a queer sort of fellow
there's a monster in my mirror
it's kind of funny
there's a monster in my mirror
and he's gazing back at me

in the afternoon he's green you can tell he wants to hurl
but who can ever scream when they're in a glass world
so he cries in the steam not wanting to unfurl
i'm not sure but it seems that his tears drip from my mirror

there's a monster in my mirror
he's a queer sort of fellow
there's a monster in my mirror
it's kind of funny
there's a monster in my mirror
and he is so unhappy

every day before i bed i stare at him a while
without a word said, he swallows my dial
the bubbles in his head form teardrops in my eye
he's a monster in my mirror and he just wants to die

there's a monster in my mirror
he's a queer sort of fellow
there's a monster in my mirror
it's kind of funny
there's a monster in my mirror
and he looks just like me.