What I See

I remember way back when my life moved in a straight line

Ev'ry day thinkin' to myself, please God, give me a sign

I had a job as a traveling salesman with a family of nine

My life was stationary

But probationary

And ev'ryday I'd look up to the sky

I'd watch my life passing me by

I made a choice and redefined

It was time to follow my own voice and leave it all behind

It's time to view the world up close and show ev'ryone what I see

It's time to view the world up close and show ev'ryone what he sees

I traveled all the way to Panama and I helped build their canal

The locals thanked me and paid for my trip to a new exotic locale

Martinique was beautiful

Martinique was inspirational

No thing can compare with the bliss I found there

Cause ev'ryday I'd look into the sky

I'd watch the natives passing me by

I'd have a drink and paint a scene

With plenty a touch of brown and green so tropic and serene

That's the real time view of the world up close

Now I show ev'ryone what I see

The real time view of the world up close

Now he shows ev'ryone what he sees

There's no inbetweens

No mediocre type of execution

Cause art is either plagiarism or it's revolution

And ev'ryday I look down from the sky

I shut my eyes and I feel so high

I'll have a drink feeling so serene

Lay back and watch the sun decrease so

Beautiful and obscene

Now that's my view of the world up close

Now ev'ryone sees what I see

Now that's his view of the world up close

Now ev'ryone sees what he sees

What I see

That's his view of the world up close

Now we can all see what he sees

I am blind to the trappings of solitude

I'm awake now to what I see

I feel need to create a new world

And reveal to you what I see