You say you have the answers
To the questions running through
All the minds that think alike
Someone just like you

But who do you rely on
When you find you're deep in thought
Do you clear your head and wonder at
Then find that, it's all for naught

Hidden in the shadows
Between what's wrong and right
Is where you get your info
That's dragging you through life

You come kicking and screaming
About how life's not fair
But lose out on the meaning
Being the reason that you get nowhere

Everyone's a critic
And their own worst enemy
There, I went ahead and said it
Who out of you needs friends like these

You can make your way through troubled times
Standing tall or on your knees
But the trouble is, after all
We seem to do things as we please

Not really sure I'm ready
For the day I die
I've never been that steady
When walking along this crooked line

I say that I love Jesus
But how deep is that fact true
Is it just a line I feed upon
When trying in life to make it through

When I get to Heaven
And stand before the pearly gates
With the lip service that I gave him
Will God at the gate hesitate

I have straddled this barbwire fence
More times than I care to count
I just hope through all of this
God does not count me out

If I relied on works alone
To win salvations crown
The only thing that would show
Would be the worship of myself

And if that is all I've got
I'm much worse off than I thought
So, I'll give it all to Jesus
And rely on the grace of God

Those not in the know
Might call me wonderful
Clearly you can see, they don't live with me

If you only scratch the surface
You might think I'm perfect
Those that really know, no way could they conceive

Those without a clue
Think there's nothing I can't do
I just hope that you, don't decide to dive too deep

You can even ask my mother
Without a single stutter
She'll be the first to say, something's wrong with me

Those that just meet me
Might think quite differently
Than those who have known me over time

The less that we hang out
The better off I sound
Aloof is a move that works just fine

If I hang too long around
I might wear my welcome out
That's why I've learned to turn on a dime

Those that don't know me
Might believe anything they see
With all this I only wish that I was lying

searching for treasure
hoping to find
riches and pleasure
on down the line

a shiny new object
you're aching to hold
get this through your noggin
it's only fool's gold

when digging in lies
instead of the truth
the hole you will find
caves in on you

with pan in hand
you go it alone
the change you demand
is only fool's gold

you listen to those
considered professionals
when low and behold
we need more adults

to kindly explain
what we already know
here on display
it's only fool's gold

There's soon to come a day where this
And all else cease to exist
Where every line and stich in time
Will make its way into the light

All the saints that have been called
From daily battles they have fought
To rightly claim their reward
Eternity with their Sweet Lord

Without its sting, death lost its curse
Where first is last and last is first
Every plan once made by man
Will reach its final bitter end

Every tear that ever wept
All dried eyed in a flash
A promise made a promise kept
On the day the Lord comes back

And on that day, all this you see
Including sin, will cease to be
When every line and stich in time
Makes its way into the glorious light

I'm thinking of taking up frog juggling
As a part time gig
I'll have to see how it goes with this tossing of toads
Before I throw myself, full time into it

With this fistful of amphibians
I found down at the local swamp
That are just the right size to flip, flop, and fly
When I finally decide to give this a romp

Juggling can be rather slippery
Even in the using of handy household objects
But toss one or two toads into the stew
You'll be lucky if you don't drop it

And there is no way I want to chase frogs cross the stage
In the middle of my act
To the gasp of the crowd as I fumble about
With what little I have going quickly stage left

If you stop to think about it
This may not be as easy as it seems
Perhaps I should try something more on the domestic side
And maybe try my luck at poodle juggling

I don't believe a word these days
That I'm being told
With half the people that I know
Under governmental mind control

I'm pretty sure they're doing it
But not exactly how it's done
That is why I'm studying
Conspiracy Theory 101  

I know there's lizard people
Running the media machine
You can see it in their eyes
And the way their tongues whip, whispering

I'm furthering my studies
Until they're fully grown
Between me and all my buddies
Conspiracy Theory 101

From the earth in all its flatness
To man walking on the moon
What it is ain't what I thought
Did you also think it too

Chasing down reality
We've got it on the run
On the other side of normality
Conspiracy Theory 101