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