Logical song

Creo que fué sobre los 12-13 años que descubrí este grupo, a través de la discografía que tenía (y aún tiene) mi padre: Supertramp. Durante mucho tiempo me aprendí y canté todas las canciones, y aún hoy me acuerdo de casi todas ellas. Una, que por aquel entonces me encantó, tanto por la música como por las letras, fue "the logical song": Nostalgia de infancia perdida, cuando todo era fácil y bello, y no conocíamos la hipocresía...


"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

Now watch what you say
Or they'll be 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

At night when all
the world's asleep
The questions run soo 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"