Letra de
The Logical Song

La canción The Logical Song de Supertramp, compuesta por Roger Hodgson y Rick Davies, reflexiona sobre la pérdida de la inocencia y la búsqueda de la identidad en la edad adulta, cuestionando la educación y los valores sociales. Fue influenciada por las experiencias de Hodgson en la escuela y su búsqueda de significado más allá de las expectativas sociales.

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,
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.

Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable
Respectable, presentable, a vegetable!

At night, when all the world's asleep,
The questions run so 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.