"Socrates Smiled" lyrics

This morning I woke
Lashes long as the rushes
Wipe the sweat from my brow
Let the tap run dry
It's a hard knock life
Without the pushin'-shovin'
Do I mosey on by
With the sleep in my eyes

Oh call my name
Let no stranger judge
Know my place in this world
And it's a short ride
I treat each face
As they come before me
Heard ignorance was evil
And Socrates smiled

I spent all day in the
Public library
Hoping to be seen
By some passer-by
With an ancient recount
Of the guns and the glory
Democracy saved
And my head held high

Oh call my name
Let no stranger judge
Know my place in this world
And it's a short ride
I treat each face
As they come before me
Heard ignorance was evil
And Socrates smiled
Socrates smiled

Sometimes I wait and
I watch and I wonder
Would the world equate
If we all sat a while
Then I recall
It's our nature to take
And to pillage and plunder
All life, all time

Oh call my name
Let no stranger judge
Know my place in this world
And it's a free ride
I treat each face
As they come before me
Heard ignorance was evil
And Socrates smiled

Oh call my name
Let no stranger judge
Know my place in this world
And it's a free ride
I treat each face
As they come before me
Heard ignorance was evil
And Socrates smiled
Socrates smiled