When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderfulA miracle, oh it was beautiful, magicalAnd all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happilyOh joyfully, oh playfully watching meBut then they send me away to teach me how to be sensibleLogical, oh responsible, practicalAnd then they showed me a world where I could be so dependableOh clinical, oh intellectual, cynicalThere are times when all the world's asleepThe questions run too deepFor such a simple manWon't you please, please tell me what we've learnedI know it sounds absurdPlease tell me who I am
I said, watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radicalA liberal, oh fanatical, criminalWon't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptableRespectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!Oh take it, take it, take it, yeah
But at night, when all the world's asleepThe questions run so deepFor such a simple manWon't you please (Oh won't you tell me)Please tell me what we've learned (Can you hear me)I know it sounds absurd (Oh won't you help me)Please tell me who I amWho I amWho I amWho I am
'Cause I was feeling so logical
D-d-d-d-d-d-digitalOne, two, three, five
Oh, oh, oh, oh yeah
Ooh it's getting unbelievable, yeah