first, THIS:
Supertramp:
The Logical Song Roger Hodgson songwriter and composer - YouTube
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
I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical,
a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!
Oh Take it take it yeah!
But 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 !!!
But I'm thinking so logical.
Did you call one two three four
It's getting ...unbelievable..
To THIS!!!!
The Topical Song (Barron Knights, 1979)
Remember it?
***********
When I was young
All the gas was so plentiful
Bountiful, oh, liberal
My tank was full
And all the pumps on the street
They would dangle so happily
Joyfully, oh, playfully filling me
And then a shortage arose
And I tried to be sensible
Logical, economical, responsible
And now they doubled the price
Filling up can be ludicrous
Ridiculous, I get furious
Impetuous
There are lines that
Stretch across the land
How much can we withstand
They're holding back the fuel
So instead, in traffic jams I fight
Crouched on my sister's bike
I really look the fool
I said watch where you park
Cause they siphon in after dark
What a lark, oh, and when you start
There's just a spark
And if you run in line
You'll be pushed out in double time
And soon you'll find, oh, you'll
Be behind the last car sign
Oh, pump it, pump it
Pump it, yeah
Don't you think
It's getting out of hand
Pumping out with a gas can
Don't tell me it's all gone
They say odds and
Evens will see a few
Please tell me what to do
The lines are far too long
They're so long
They're so long
They're so long