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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear SuperTramp... Thank You For The Reminder... Heard On The Drive Home Today...
The Logical Song - Supertramp
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, joyfully, playfully, watching me
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, clinical, 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, now we're calling you a radical, a liberal, fanatical, criminal
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable
But at night, when all the world's asleep
The questions run so deep for such a simple man
Won't you please (Won't you tell me), (You can tell me what) please tell me what we've learned (Can you hear me?)
I know it sounds absurd, (Won't you help me) please tell me who I am, who I am, who I am, who I am
But I'm thinking so logical
Did you call, one two three four
It's getting unbelievable...
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, joyfully, playfully, watching me
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, clinical, 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, now we're calling you a radical, a liberal, fanatical, criminal
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable
But at night, when all the world's asleep
The questions run so deep for such a simple man
Won't you please (Won't you tell me), (You can tell me what) please tell me what we've learned (Can you hear me?)
I know it sounds absurd, (Won't you help me) please tell me who I am, who I am, who I am, who I am
But I'm thinking so logical
Did you call, one two three four
It's getting unbelievable...
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Dear SuperTramp... Thank You For The Reminder... Heard On The Drive Home Today... (Original Post)
WillyT
Aug 2013
OP
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)1. K&R for SuperTramp alone.
Control-Z
(15,686 posts)2. I don't have a lot of CDs
or downloaded music. I do have SuperTramp!
WillyT
(72,631 posts)4. It's Not How Many You Have...
It's what you pull out and play... over and over.
Timeless.
progressoid
(53,387 posts)5. Yeah, I remember the first time I heard that when I was in high school.
a radical, a liberal, fanatical, criminal
Damn right.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)6. on the verge of 48 and it still seems like it gets more unbelievable by the day
Brigid
(17,621 posts)7. A big hit when I was in high school.
You kids missed out on all the good stuff and get off my lawn.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)8. Ah, the sample of Mattel Electronic Football's tackling at the end . . .
. . . Gets a 70's kid every time!!
WillyT
(72,631 posts)9. G'Night !!!
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