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 Hm, joyfully, oh playfully watching me But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible Logical, responsible, practical And then 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, 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 (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