VERSE:

            
When I was you

              
ng, it seemed 

         
that life was 

   
so wonderful,
             
a miracle, oh 

             
it was beautif

    
ul, magical.
            
And all the bi

              
rds in the tre

              
es, well they'

         
d be singing s

  
o happily,
            
joyfully, play

      
fully watching

 me.

              
But then they 

            
send me away t

           
o teach me how

     
 to be sensibl

e,
            
logical, respo

        
nsible, practi

cal.
            
And they showe

              
d me a world w

             
here I could b

    
e so dependabl

e,
             
clinical, inte

         
llectual, cyni


cal.


CHORUS:

          
There are time

             
s when all the

          
 world's aslee

p,
              
the questions 

          
run too deep
              
for such a sim

       
ple man.

          
Won't you plea

             
se, please tel

              
l me what we'v

   
e learned
              
I know it soun

       
ds absurd
              
but please tel

              
l me who I am.

VERSE II:

            
Now watch what

              
 you say or th

         
ey'll be calli

         
ng you a radic

al,
            
liberal, fanat

      
ical, criminal

.
            
Won't you sign

              
 up your name,

              
 we'd like to 


feel you're
           
acceptable, re

             
spectable, pre

           
sentable, a ve


getable!

BRIDGE - sax solo over Verse (x2)

*REPEAT CHORUS

OUTRO - sax solo