Copyright © 2000 Jack Hardy Music
I ought to know more than I know I ought to know where this road goes I ought to know great literature by heart the history of art this I ought to know I ought to know more than 1492 I ought to know what the Buffalo Bills do I ought to know more than the quarterback's wounded knee what happened at Sand Creek this I ought to know but I don't I ought to know about the sacrifices made I ought to know ration stamps, air raids I ought to know more than George C. Scott and John Wayne get shot this I ought to know I ought to know what the drinking gourd means I ought to know more than "I have a dream" I ought to know about the back of the bus and the crack of billy clubs this I ought to know but I don't (chorus:) I don't know nothing about nothing but I'm proud to stand upright I don't know nothing about nothing but my future looks so bright illumined by the light laugh-tracks, soundbites and a replay to get it right I ought to know I ought to know the songs of Joe Hill I ought to know Trotsky, Marx and Hagel I ought to know about the Haymarket hangings and the H.U.A.C. this I ought to know I ought to know about Oliver Cromwell I ought to know about the Gnostics and St. Paul I ought to know what Jesus really said and who the preacher takes to bed this I ought to know but I don't I ought to know what's buried in the landfill I ought to know about the clear-cutting bills I ought to know about pipelines and schemes what extinction really means this I ought to know I ought to know for whom the bell tolls I ought to know the pride and prejudice of polls I ought to know if the grapes of wrath are union picked by Victor Jara's hands this I ought to know but I don't (repeat chorus)