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 Then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable Oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynicalThere 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 Please tell me who I amI said, now, watch what you say, they’ll be calling you a radical
A liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal Oh, won’t you sign up your name? We’d like to feel you’re acceptable Respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable Oh, take, take, take it, yeahBut at night, when all the world’s asleep
The questions run so deep For such a simple man Won’t you please (oh, won’t you tell me) Please tell me what we’ve learned? (Can you hear me?) I know it sounds absurd (Oh, won’t you tell me) please tell me who I am Who I am, who I am, who I amOoh
Hey‘Cause I was feeling so logical
Yeah D-D-D-D-D-D-D-Digital Yeah, one, two, three, five Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah Ooh, it’s getting unbelievable Yeah Getting, getting, yeah, yeah Uh, uh, uh, uh