„The logical song“

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 sent 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.

„The logical song“ je pesma koju je snimila grupa Supertramp. Nalazi se na njihovom albumu „Breakfast in America“ iz 1979. godine i objavljena je kao prvi singl sa te ploče. Autor je Rodger Hodgson (klavir, gitara), koji je ujedno i glavni vokal.