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When I was young, it seemed that llfe was so wonderful, 
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a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical. 
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And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, 
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Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully, watching me. 

             D5                         Bb5           A5
But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible, 
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logical, oh, responsible practical. 
           D5                           Bb5         A5 
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, 
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oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical. 

          F5                            D5
There are times when all the world's asleep, 
 D5                     Bb5                     Eb5 
the questions run too deep for such a simple man 
          F5                                 D5 
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned? 
 D5               Bb5                          Eb5
I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am. 

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Watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical, 
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a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal. 
              D5                               Bb5              A5 
Oh, won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable, 
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respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable! 

   F5                                  D5
There are times, when all the world's asleep, 
                      Bb5                     Eb5
the questions run too deep for such a simple man 
          F5                                  D5
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned? 
                  Bb5                          Eb5 
I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am.