Kansas Portrait (He Knew) lyrics

He had a thousand ideas, you might have heard his name
He lived alone with his vision, not looking for fortune or fame
Never said too much to speak of, he was off on another plane
The words that he said were a mystery, nobody's sure he was sane

But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, where was he going to?

He was in search of an answer, the nature of what we are
He was trying to do it a new way, he was bright as a star
But nobody understood him, his numbers are not the way
He's lost in the deepest enigma which no one's unraveled today

But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, oh where was he going to?
And he tried but before he could tell us he died

When he left us the people cried, where was he going to, oh?

He had a different idea, a glimpse of the master plan
He could see into the future, a true visionary man
But there's something he never told us, it died when he went away
If only he could have been with us, no telling what he might say

But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view, where was he going to?
But he knew, you could tell by the picture he drew
It was totally something new, oh where was he going to?
Oh