Interpret:

Supertramp

Album:

Breakfast in America

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,
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 say 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, respecable, oh presentable, a vegetable!


Oh take it, take it, 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, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am.