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The Logical Song - Supertramp
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.
Please tell me who I am.
I said now 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 so 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.
One two three four
liberal
- Notas: Este
es uno de esos casos en los que primero dieron con la música, y luego hubo que
buscarle una letra que cuadrara. Al cantante primero se le ocurrieron las
palabras del estribillo "liberal" y otras que rimasen como
"radical", "criminal", "fanatical", y a partir de
ahí le dio vueltas en la cabeza hasta dar con una letra basada en la situación
que vivió durante sus años de escolarización y como el niño evoluciona de un
mundo inocente e idílico a una visión cínica de la realidad en la que la lógica
destruye los sueños al hacer que el ser humano se dé de bruces contra la
realidad. Según el cantante, el sistema educativo prepara a la gente para
actuar con lógica en la vida, desterrando la intuición o el sentimiento,
dejando al ser humano en una situación de vacío existencial en el que se
encuentra perdido.
- 1. “…dependable…” = Si
bien es un término que da a pensar que estamos hablar de "ser dependiente
de alguien", su significado es muy distinto, puesto que se usa para hablar
de la gente formal y digna de confianza con la que se puede contar.
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.
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.
when all the world's asleep,
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man.
please tell me what we've learned.
I know it sounds absurd.
Please tell me who I am.
Now we're calling you a radical
a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
We'd like to feel you're acceptable
respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!
the questions run so 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.
digital.
One two three four
liberal
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