I wish my daddy was a doctor of philosophy It's hard to teach a boy to read through men with radiology You can study all the people bone by bone But you can't see the darkness down within a man's soul I wish my momma could have read the world It's hard to teach experience with an English degree You can talk to the people Iike a politician But I prefer to be taken seriously There was a man in a dumpster, I swear I saw him breathing A woman with a youngster fighting for feeding There was a child with a future, opportunity is fleeting An immigrant believer whose faith is now retreating A line undefined telling me how to get home A rule learned in school, trying to make it on my own A prayer in the pew, telling me how I should love you There's a hole in my soul I wish my brother could show me how to love He's been loving me through victory and things that I'll not speak of You can smile at the people when your heart is feeling low You can reach for the people when your arms are moving slow You can walk with the people when all you want to do is go If only I knew how to do that, that's all I'd want to know Right on, Right on