Logical Song

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

joyfully, oh playfully watching me

But then they sent me away

to teach me how to be sensible,

logical, oh responsible, practical

And 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

Oh watch what you say

or 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, presentable - & vegetable!

But 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