When I was young

It seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle oh it was beautiful magical

Oh it was beautiful magical

And all the birds in the trees

Well they'd be singing so happily

Joyfully oh playfully watching me

Oh playfully watching me

But then they send me away

To teach me how to be sensible

Logical oh responsible practical

Oh responsible practical

And then they showed me a world

Where I could be so dependable

Clinical intellectual cynical 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

When I was young

It seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle oh it was beautiful magical

Oh it was beautiful magical

And all the birds in the trees

Well they'd be singing so happily

Joyfully oh playfully watching me

Oh playfully watching me

What would you say

For they calling you a radical

Liberal oh fanatical criminal "

Oh fanatical criminal "

When I was young

It seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle oh it was beautiful magical

Oh it was beautiful

At night when all the world's asleep

The questions run

So 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

At night when all the world's asleep

The questions run

So 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