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