A música The Logical Song do Supertramp, composta por Roger Hodgson e Rick Davies, reflete sobre a perda da inocência e a busca pela identidade na idade adulta, questionando a educação e os valores sociais. Foi influenciada pelas experiências de Hodgson na escola e sua busca por significado além das expectativas sociais.
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When I was young, it seemed that life 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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Joyfully, playfully watching me.
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But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
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Logical, responsible, practical.
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And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
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Clinical, intellectual, cynical.
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Am7-5/Eb There are times when all the world's asleep,
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The questions run too deep
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Bbm7/Ab For such a simple man.
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Am7-5/Eb Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
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I know it sounds absurd
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Bbm7/Ab But please tell me who I am.
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Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
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Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
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Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable
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Respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
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Am7-5/Eb At night, when all the world's asleep,
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The questions run so deep
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Bbm7/Ab For such a simple man.
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Am7-5/Eb Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned