Have you ever had a project
That you’ve seen with such precision
But no matter how you pitch it
No one else can see the vision?
Have you found a new investment
That you’re certain will advance
But you need a canny partner
And not one will take the chance
Remember all those moments
The way that they incensed you
When all the facts are for you
But the world’s against you
When you see two warring factions
And you try to work a truce
But neither one will listen
And you figure, “What’s the use?”
When you dash out of the lab and cry,
“Eureka! A solution.”
But you can’t reach the deciders
At your giant institution
Remember your invention
How Fate never recompensed you
When all the facts are for you
But the world’s against you
Well, that’s the way I’m feeling
The facts are on our side
Their record of disasters
Is impossible to hide
There’s no savings in the bank
And there’s no bacon in the larder
The President’s not working
When he should be working harder
So, I say this to the doubters
As I say this to myself
A vision is no vision
If it’s sitting on a shelf
Let your confidence stay steady
Let your reasoning be sound
If the facts are really with you
Then the world will come around
