I Was Educated By Myself - Richie Havens

I can’t buy the lie and it don’t matter

Even though I try to keep my health

It all seems the same, such a silly game

Played by silly fools who don’t even follow their own rules

But oh, when the sunshine follows me around

Lifts my feet and takes me from the ground

High enough to see the shelf

And know that I was educated by myself

I have seen the streets groaning, not battered

Though amongst us all, we kept our wealth

And though the rain goes pitter-patter,

It don’t change the pain that we all felt

But oh, when the sunshine follows us around

Lifts our feet and takes us from the ground,

High enough for us to tell

That we were educated by ourselves

It’s a simple dream, a common pattern

A universal scheme for us to sell

And though it’s a long, long way between Mars and Saturn,

But right here on Earth, we know so well

That all we need is sunshine on the ground

And smiles and smiles and smiles from frown to frown

Just enough for us to yell

That we were educated by ourselves