But What Do I Know

[couchgrouch]

But What Do I KnowOne night out in the fields with my DadI said I had something to askhe was hopin' I was way too youngto ask where babies come frombut when I asked who hung the stars on highhe said, "I b'lieve in hands beyond the skyand in a world where only stars survivefaith is the only fact of lifebut what do I knowI'm just an average Joelotsa men smarter than myselfmight tell you something elsebut farmers spread seed where they willand who sowed the stars must shine brighter stillbut what do I know"though Dad wasn't in school that longhe could fix a John Deere with a blindfold onsomehow he saw the motor in his mindwhere each piece fit, how they were timedbut being a man who worked the earthhe knew what his opinion was worthstill, when he spoke of heaven's wayI knew he was right although he'd saybut what do I knowI'm just an average Joelotsa men smarter than myselfmight tell you something elsebut farmers spread seed where they willand who sowed the stars must shine brighter stillbut what do I knowthough Dad made sure I stayed in schoollooking at stars still makes me feel the foolfor all school taught me I learned faith's abouthearts knowing what minds can't figure outand thinking how I found Dad on his John Deeretells me the universe is just timing and gearsand standing by his stone in the evening mistI'm sure heaven has use for hands like hisbut what do I knowI'm just an average Joelotsa men smarter than myselfmight tell you something elsebut farmers spread seed where they willand who sowed the stars must shine brighter stillbut what do I know(c)2005 Robert George