The Logical Song

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 so deep

For such a simple man

Won't you please

Please tell me what we've learned

I know it sounds absurd

Please tell me who I am

I said, watch what would you say

Now we're calling you a radical

A liberal, oh fanatical, criminal

Oh won't you sign up your name

We'd like to feel you're acceptable

Respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

Take, take, take it

But at night, when all the world's asleep

The questions run too deep

For such a simple man

Won't you please

Won't you tell me

Please tell me what we've learned

Can you hear me

I know it sounds absurd

Why won't you help me

But please tell me who I am

Who I am, who I am, who I am

'Cause I was feeling so logical

Digital

Ooh yeah, take it down

Mm, it’s getting unbelievable

B-b-b bloody marvellous.

• Artist:Roger Hodgson