DmBbAm7
When I was young, it seemed that llfe was so wonderful,
CBb
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
DmBbAm
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
CBb
Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully, watching me.
DmBbAm7
But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible,
CBb
logical, oh, responsible practical.
DmBbAm
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
CBb
oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical.
[Chorus]
FDm
There are times when all the world's asleep,
DmBbEb
the questions run too deep for such a simple man
FDm
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
DmBbEb
I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am.
[Verse]
DmBbAm7
Watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
CBb
a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
DmBbAm
Oh, won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable,
CBb
respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable!
[Chorus]
FDm
There are times, when all the world's asleep,
BbEb
the questions run too deep for such a simple man
FDm
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
BbEb
I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am.