[Verse 1]

            
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 2]

            
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 ac


ceptable
          
Respectable, p

          
resentable, a 


vegetable!


[Instrumental]

       
       
       
       


[Chorus]

            
At night, when

              
 all the world

 
's asleep,
              
The questions 

        
run so 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.


       
Who I am.

  


       
Who I am.

  


       
Who I am.

  




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