when i was young it seemed that life was so wonderful
a miracle oh it was beautiful magical
and all the birds in the trees well they’d be singing so happily
oh joyfully oh playfully watching me
but then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible
logical oh responsible practical
and then they showed me a world where i could be so dependable
oh clinical oh intellectual cynical
there are times when all the world’s asleep
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man
won’t you please please tell me what we’ve learned
i know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who i am
i said now watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical
a liberal oh fanatical criminal
won’t you sign up your name we’d like to feel you’re acceptable
respectable oh presentable a vegetable
oh take take take it yeah
but at night when all the world’s asleep
the questions run so deep
for such a simple man
won’t you please won’t you tell me
please tell me what we’ve learned
can you hear me i know it sounds absurd
won’t you help me but please tell me who i am
who i am
who i am
who i am
oh
’cause i was feeling so illogical
dddddddigital
yeah one two three five
oh oh oh oh
ooh it’s getting unbelievable
yeah
bbbloody marvelous
Artist: Supertramp
Year: 1979
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 120