Portrait (He Knew)                                            Kansas Intro:            |            |           |          |         |       |                     |                             He had a thousand ideas      You might have heard his name    He lived alone with his vision   Not looking for fortune and 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           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But he knew   He knew more than me or you                       No one could see his view       Where was he going to               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ verse 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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   Oh where was he going to              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Solo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ verse 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But he knew   He knew more than me or you                       No one could see his view       Oh 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