Answer 2

    when I was a boy in montana
    the relatives all came to say
    my, what a bright boy he is,
    he's bound to go a long way
    
    when I was going to high school
    the teachers used to say
    good luck, good luck and struggle hard
    you're bound to go a long way
    
    when I was a student in college
    with a determined and cocky air
    the professors who knew me were cordial and kind
    they said I was bound to go a long way
    
    I've read a lot and traveled some
    I've seen and heard and pondered
    I've discussed and preached
    I've bragged and screeched
    I've mulled and culled and squandered
    
    I feel that I have all the answers
    this is not something that makes me vain
    the answers I have are not pleasant
    they drag on my heals like a chain
    
    I wonder if there is room in this world
    for a man who knows too much
    to find a corner to call his own
    and make himself happy as such
    
    I know religions for what they are
    I know what love is too
    I know what causes jealousy, greed, and hate
    and that personallity is a chemical stew
    
    I know that people will believe
    any lie you wash their brains with
    I know that people will die for
    anything that they believe in
    
    I have all of the answers
    they are not what people think
    they make a mockery out of 
    this world that is our petri dish
    
    I wonder if there may be
    an answer further in
    an answer to the answers
    one that will make you grin
    
    
    THC - 1994