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A Puzzlement
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Oscar Hammerstein
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When I was a boy
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World was better spot.
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What was so was so,
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What was not was not.
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Now I am a man;
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World have changed a lot.
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Some things nearly so,
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Others nearly not.
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There are times I almost think
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I am not sure of what I absolutely know.
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Very often find confusion
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In conclusion I concluded long ago
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In my head are many facts T
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Hat, as a student, I have studied to procure,
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In my head are many facts...
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Of which I wish I was more certain I was sure!
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[Spoken:] Is a puzzlement
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What to tell growing son
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What for instance, shall I say to him of women?
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Shall I educate him on the ancient lines?
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Shall I tell the boy as far as he is able,
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To respect his wives and love his concubines?
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Shall I tell him everyone is like the other,
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And the better of the two is really neither?
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If I tell him this I think he won't believe it-
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And I nearly think that I don't believe it either!
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When my father was a king
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He was a king who knew exactly what he knew,
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And his brain was not a thing
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Forever swinging to and fro and fro and to.
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Shall I, then be like my father
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And be willfully unmoveable and strong?
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Or is it better to be right?...
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Or am I right when I believe I may be wrong?
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Shall I join with other nations in alliance?
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If allies are weak, am I not best alone?
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If allies are strong with power to protect me,
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Might they not protect me out of all I own?
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Is a danger to be trusting one another,
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One will seldom want to do what other wishes;
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Bul unless someday somebody trust somebody
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There'll be nothing left on earth exceot fishes!
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There are times I almost think
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Nobody sure of what he absolutely know.
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Everybody find confusion
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In conclusion he concluded long ago
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And it puzzle me to learn
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That tho' a man may be in doubt of what he know,
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Very quickly he will fight...
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He'll fight to prove that what he does not know is so!
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Oh-h-h-h-h-h Sometimes I think that people going mad!
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Ah-h-h-h-h-h! Sometimes I think that people not so bad!
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But no matter what I think I must go on living life.
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As leader of my kingdom I must go forth,
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Be father to my children and husband to each wife
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Excetera, excetera, and so forth.
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If my Lord in Heaven Buddha, show the way!
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Everyday I try to live another day. If my Lord in Heaven Buddha, show the
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Way!
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Everyday I do my best for one-more day!
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[Spoken] But... Is a puzzlement!
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