I can make a theory Out of almost anything Find a hidden meaning In the most unlikely things Give me half a sentence And a detail out of place I'll connect the dots together At my own impressive pace It's a very neat conclusion And I'm rather pleased with it There's just one minor problem That I haven't noticed yet I had a perfect explanation Everything was clear to me Every piece was in position Just the way it ought to be Then the facts got complicated And the answer slipped away What a perfect explanation I was so convinced today There's a comfort in a reason And a pleasure in a plan Something quite reassuring When the world makes sense again I can argue for an hour With impressive certainty Then discover that the question Wasn't what I thought it'd be I could probably defend it Find a clever way somehow But the evidence is laughing And I'm listening to it now I had a perfect explanation Everything was clear to me Every piece was in position Just the way it ought to be Then the facts got complicated And the answer slipped away What a perfect explanation I was so convinced today There's a certain satisfaction In admitting I was wrong Though it sometimes takes a moment And occasionally all night I could spend another evening Trying to explain it all Or enjoy the strange amusement Of a theory taking a fall I had a perfect explanation Such a beautifully simple case Till an unexpected detail Put my certainty in its place Now the answer isn't certain And the mystery can stay What a perfect explanation I believed it yesterday I have a way of knowing Before I've heard it all Perhaps a little patience Wouldn't hurt me after all
