there s you theres me and all the stories in between with all that knowledge there s still so much i ll never know from birth to death our ears are filled with hard words and bad breath how do we decide whats for keeps and what s for letting go i remember daddy talkin to me once just sounded like regret i know there was some wisdom in there but i haven t found it yet there s hate and war will we ever know the reasons for how do we make sense of ever going down that road oh i m a simple man how do i help my children understand i m just helpless to all the things i ll never know hell i even tried to talk to god with all i have to say either hes not listening anymore or ive forgotten how to pray so here we are just me and you and this guitar you asked i told now there s just this one sure thing i know oh i know im just helpless to all the things i ll never know i ll never know