WHEN I WAS A BOY
WORLD WAS BETTER SPOT
WHAT WAS SO WAS SO
WHAT WAS NOT
WAS NOT
NOW I AM A MAN
WORLD HAVE
CHANGED A LOT
SOME THINGS
NEARLY SO
OTHERS NEARLY NOT
THERE ARE TIMES
I ALMOST THINK
I AM NOT SURE OF
WHAT I ABSOLUTELY
KNOW
VERY OFTEN
FIND CONFUSION
IN CONCLUSION
I CONCLUDED
LONG AGO
IN MY HEAD
ARE MANY FACTS
THAT AS A STUDENT
I HAVE STUDIED
TO PROCURE
IN MY HEAD
ARE MANY FACTS
OF WHICH
I WISH I WHERE
MORE CERTAIN
I WAS SURE
IS A PUZZLEMENT
WHAT TO TELL
GROWING SON
WHAT FOR INSTANCE
SHALL I SAY TO HIM
OF WOMEN
SHALL I EDUCATE HIM
ON THE ANCIENT LINES
SHALL I TELL
THE BOY AS FAR
AS HE IS ABLE
TO RESPECT
HIS WIVES
AND LOVE HIS
CONCUBINES
SHALL I TELL HIM
EVERYONE IS LIKE
THE OTHER
AND THE BETTER
OF THE TWO
IS REALLY NEITHER
IF I TELL HIM THIS
I THINK HE WON'T
BELIEVE IT
AND I NEARLY THINK
I DON'T BELIEVE
IT EITHER
WHEN MY FATHER
WAS A KING
HE WAS A KING
WHO KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HE KNEW
AND HIS BRAIN
WAS NOT A THING
FOREVER SWINGING
TO AND FRO AND
FRO AND TO
SHALL I THEN
BE LIKE MY FATHER
AND BE WILLFULLY
UNMOVABLE
AND STRONG
OR IS IT BETTER
TO BE RIGHT
OR AM
I RIGHT WHEN
I BELIEVE I MAY
BE WRONG
SHALL I JOIN
WITH OTHER NATIONS
IN ALLIANCE
IF ALLIES ARE WEAK
AM I NOT BEST ALONE
IF ALLIES
ARE STRONG
WITH POWER
TO PROTECT ME
MIGHT THEY
NOT PROTECT ME
OUT OF ALL I OWN
IS A DANGER
TO BE TRUSTING
ONE ANOTHER
ONE WILL SELDOM
WANT TO DO
WHAT OTHER WISHES
BUT UNLESS SOMEDAY
SOMEBODY TRUST
SOMEBODY
THERE'LL BE NOTHING
LEFT ON EARTH
EXCEPTING FISHES
THERE ARE TIMES
I ALMOST THINK
NOBODY SURE OF WHAT
HE ABSOLUTELY KNOW
EVERYBODY
FIND CONFUSION
IN CONCLUSION
HE CONCLUDED
LONG AGO
AND IT PUZZLE ME
TO LEARN
THAT THO' A MAN
MAY BE IN DOUBT
OF WHAT HE KNOW
VERY QUICKLY
HE WILL FIGHT
HE'LL FIGHT
TO PROVE THAT
WHAT HE DOES
NOT KNOW IS SO
OH SOMETIMES
I THINK THAT
PEOPLE GOING MAD
AH SOMETIMES
I THINK THAT
PEOPLE NOT SO BAD
BUT NOT MATTER
WHAT I THINK
I MUST GO ON
LIVING LIFE
AS LEADER
OF MY KINGDOM
I MUST GO FORTH
BE FATHER
TO MY CHILDREN
AND HUSBAND
TO EACH WIFE
ETCETERA
ETCETERA
AND SO FORTH
IF MY LORD IN HEAVEN
BUDDHA SHOW THE WAY
EVERYDAY I TRY TO
LIVE ANOTHER DAY
IF MY LORD IN HEAVEN
BUDDHA SHOW THE WAY
EVERYDAY I DO MY
BEST FOR ONE MORE DAY
BUT
IS A PUZZLEMENT