I know somebody taught me

Patience is a virtue, and I'll need it

But all this waiting is distorting my perspective

Feels like I've been waiting now for twenty years

Waiting for a soul who cares

And I know, with any luck, I'll find an open door

'Cause I know that I can't fuck my life up any more



Just as long as I know I'm a better man for believing that I can

Just as long as I know someone else is in the same boat with me



I know somebody taught me

Ignorance is bliss to those who fear/bear it

But this stupidity is festering like garbage

Clouding up my world with its contagious flare

Now there's stupid people everywhere

So I preach with a guitar and with a ballpoint pen

And this (something) again



Just as long as I know I'm a better man for believing that I can

Just as long as I know someone else is in the same boat with me



Who on earth should give a damn

When I am finally six feet under

And light years higher

Who in heaven notices when

I do not attend a meeting Sunday morning

So I'll try to be a man a God might be proud of

And I'll try to set examples and to rise above

Just as long as I know it is not a sham

To believe in who I am

Just as long as I know someone else is in the same boat with me