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

JOYFULLY, PLAYFULLY WATCHING ME

BUT THEN THEY SENT ME AWAY

TO TEACH ME HOW TO BE SENSIBLE

LOGICAL, RESPONSIBLE ,PRACTICAL

AND THEY SHOWED ME A WORLD

WHERE I COULD BE SO DEPENDABLE

CLINICAL,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



NOW WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

OR THEY?LL BE CALLING YOU A RADICAL

LIBERAL, FANATICAL, CRIMINAL

WON?T YOU SIGN UP YOUR NAME

WE?D LIKE TO FEEL YOU?RE

ACCEPTABLE, RESPECTABLE, PRESENTABLE, A VEGETABLE!



AT NIGHT 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, WHO I AM ,WHO I AM