My Monday: Logical Song by Roger Hodgson/Supertramp

I remember listening to this song over and over as an early adolescent. I was drawn to the way the words flew by with few breaks. The lyrics sadly and poetically reveal an individual who was not being heard or appreciated for his unconventional way of thinking. In response, "they sent me away" in hopes of fitting him into a certain mold. Supertramp reveals genius restraint by not letting us hear the saxophone until the very soulful solo break. After the solo feature the sax is beautifully incorporated into the rest of the song. Music students often complain when they have to wait out a lot of rests, the truth is that means your instrument is being featured. Below I have included the lyrics, a video interview with the artist (auto-biographical) and the Supertramp version of the song.

[Traditional Tuesday: Mahler Symphony I Movement I]

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, oh, playfully, watching me
But then they send 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,
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!
Whoa, take it, 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?
(Won't you help me?)
I know it sounds absurd,
(Please won't you help me?)
But please tell me who I am,
who I am, who I am, who I am?
Yeah!

'Cause I'm feeling so logical
D-d-d-d-d-d-digital
1,2,3,5
Oh - ooh, yeah
It's getting unbelievable