Logical Song (Supertramp)

Essa música, originalmente da banda new-age Supertramp, tem uma versão muito legal tocada pelo violonista brasileiro Emmerson Nogueira, gravada no disco Versão Acústica Vol. 2.

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 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

Now watch what you say
Or they'll be 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

At night when all the world's asleep
The questions run soo 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

Às vezes o conhecimento parece estar tão longe do Homem e de suas perguntas, a ciência parece ser o seu mestre, e não o seu instrumento de trabalho, a inteligência parece ser inimiga mortal da criatividade, e o intelectual parece se transformar em um simples técnico reprodutor não-crítico e não-pensante de conhecimentos passados...