the lust the flesh and the pride of life

drain the life right out of me

i don't know what i am doing here

i don't know what i'm trying to be

i'm wasting time

i do not gaze at worthy things

or get the joy that toil brings

and what i do bears little fruit

what i expect from vain pursuit

i'm wasting time

the good in me ain't hard to see

if you're here inside of me

when i'm gone without a trace

when i see you face to face

i'm wasting time

time ain't on my side

no it ain't

I'm tired of being me,

And i don't like what i see,

I'm not who i appear to be

So i start off every day,

Down on my knees i will pray,

For a change in any way

But as the day goes by,

I live through another lie,

If it's any wonder why

Am i ever gonna change

Will i always stay the same

If i say one thing,

Then i do the other

It's the same old song,

That goes on forever

Am i ever gonna change

I'm the only one to blame

When i think i'm right,

I wind up wrong

It's a futile fight,

Gone on too long

Please tell me if it's true,

Am i too old to start anew,

Cause that's what i want to do

But time and time again,

When i think i can,

I fall short in the end

So why do i even try,

Will it matter when i die,

Can anyone hear my cry?

Am i ever gonna change

Take it day by day

My will is weak

And my flesh too strong

This peace i seek

Till thy kingdom comes

The old bastard left his ties and a suit 

A brown box 

Moth balls and bowling shoes 

And his opinions so you'd never have to choose 

Pretty soon you'll be an old bastard too 

You get smaller as the world gets big 

The more you know you know you don't know shit 

"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay 

If you don't know everything 

Close your eyes 

Close your ears young man 

You've seen and heard all an old man can 

Spread the facts on the floor like a fan 

Throw away the ones that make you feel bad 

Kids today are getting old too fast 

They can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass 

They get nostalgic about the last ten years 

Before the last ten years have passed 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

Tears land on a hand on a chest 

The old bastard had a paradigm arrest 

He got smaller and the world got big 

The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit 

"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's ok if you don't know everything 

Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's ok if you don't know everything