Dory Previn - Doppelgänger lyrics

I seem to see this stranger Almost everywhere I do not wish to frighten you But you should know he's there So that if you're threatened If evil's ever done You'll know, it's him who did it You'll know that he's the one His looks are ordinary But he does things in the dark He hides inside the shadows Watching children in the park He whispers things in subways You'd tremble with alarm I tell you, he will get to you He's out to do you harm I've seen him in the headlines And on the evening news I saw him on the sideline When stones were thrown at Jews And marching in Montgomery Pretending that he cared I saw him wink as though Some old conspiracy were shared He was in the crowd in Dallas At the close of Camelot I spotted him on campus When the students had been shot In an oriental village With civilians left to rot He was hanging out with soldiers Trading h**n for pot and he was Smiling, smiling Last night I found obscenities Scrawled across my wall I swear, I can't repeat The filthy words that I recall And then the most immoral Damned insulting thing of all As I read each line I noticed his handwriting Was identical with mine