The Optimist (Written and recorded 2009)

Gold quivers upon the road And I am going to find it On a mission, I'm not a joke I am going to find it And they laugh They laugh behind my back I reflect on the meaning of time Later it will come catch me Attend our lessons and recognized Oh, man, I'm trying to learn it But I run I run here alone Why can't I just be like them? Why can't this be like them tonight? People speak [?] As fast escape and I'm feeling as a fool People glare and my hair looks fine Apparently I got it Measure and man a self taught divined But here I'm occupied, crawling In the dust The dust got in my heart But gold quivers upon the road And I am going to find it But there was no mission, I am now a joke And still I'm trying to find it And they laugh They laugh behind my back Why can't I just be like them? Why can't this be like them tonight? But hope's a pearl and I am meaning well To make the later the beginning of my life