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When i was young, it seemed life was so wonderful
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a miracle, oh is was beautiful, magical.
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And all birds in the trees, weel they'd be singing so happily, joyfully, 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, responsible, practical.
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There are times when all the world's asleep
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the questions run too deep
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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
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but please tell me who i am
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I say now watch what you or they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, a fanatical, criminal
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Won't you sign up your name; we'd like to feel you're
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Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
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But at night, when all the world's asleep,
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the questions run too deep
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for such a simple man
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Won't you please, please tel me what we've learned
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iknow it sounds absurd, but please tell me who i am
Written by Charles Hodgson / Richard Davis