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When I was young, it seemed that lilfe was so wonderful,
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a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
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And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
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Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully, watching me.
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But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible,
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logical, oh, responsible practical.
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And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
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oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical.
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There are times when all the world's asleep,
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the questions run too deep for such a simple man
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Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
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I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am.
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I said, now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
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a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
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Oh, won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable,
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respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable!
Solo
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At night, when all the world's asleep,
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the questions run too deep for such a simple man
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Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
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I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am.
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who I am ,
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who I am ,
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who I am ,
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