Plain View - David Wilcox

We finally made it to the local museum

Took Uncle Lester out to see the sights

Beautiful places but we’ve never seen 'em

Though we’ve been living here all our lives

Ain’t that the truth

You don’t get it when you got it You can’t see it when it’s in plain view

Don’t ask a fish about the water

You never notice what you’re right next to When it’s in plain view

I got a list of all these things that I’m fixing

I’d rather burn the place and sleep on the lawn

Our cozy home looks like a perfect picture

Only when I’ve been away too long

Ain’t that the truth

You don’t get it when you got it You can’t see it when it’s in plain view

Don’t ask a fish about the water

You never notice what you’re right next to When it’s in plain view

Got tired of thinking and the obvious hit me To find my fortune I’d been digging too hard

If it’d been a snake it woulda jumped up and bit me Now I’m digging on treasure in my own back yard

They snapped some pictures from the rocket Apollo

We saw our planet like the angels do Looks like the locals got a lot in common

But we don’t see it from that point of view

You don’t get it when you got it You can’t see it when it’s in plain view

Don’t ask a fish about the water

You never notice what you’re right next to When it’s in plain view