You Know as Well as I - Strawbs

You know as well as I

The pieces in my jig-saw

Were never made to fit

I waste my time

Pretending I can do it

And you know as well as I

Black is black

And white is white

Hell is somewhere in-between

But never far from sight

Children will forever be

The keepers of the truth

The keys are hidden safely

With their nightmares

You know as well as I

The birds will leave in winter

We’ll see them in the spring

They don’t do much complaining

In the meantime

And you know as well as I

One way’s up

And one way’s down

Somewhere in the middle

Is where we will all be found

Genius of innocence

Will never be denied

The call of the emotions

Is deafening

You know as well as I

The journey to full happiness

Is uphill all the way

Our ladders reach the snakes

And so we weaken

And you know as well as I

Right is right

And that is that

Nothing can defeat it

While our souls remain intact

People of perfection

Might be living here quite soon

They won’t be needing love

And deep emotion