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 oh joyfully oh playfully watching me But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible logical oh responsible practical And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable oh 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 I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical a liberal oh fanatical criminal Won't you sign up your name we'd like to feel you're acceptable respectable oh presentable a vegetable Oh Take it take it yeah But 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 Who I am Who I am Who I am Who knows who's so logical