《A Puzzlement》歌词

[00:00:00] A Puzzlement - Elaine Paige

[00:00:04] When I was a boy

[00:00:06] World was better spot

[00:00:08] What was so was so

[00:00:10] What was not was not

[00:00:12] Now I am a man

[00:00:14] World have changed a lot

[00:00:16] Some things nearly so

[00:00:18] Others nearly not

[00:00:22] There are times I almost think

[00:00:25] I am not sure of what I absolutely know

[00:00:30] Very often find confusion

[00:00:32] In conclusion I concluded long ago

[00:00:37] In my head are many facts t

[00:00:39] Hat as a student I have studied to procure

[00:00:44] In my head are many facts

[00:00:46] Of which I wish I was more certain I was sure

[00:00:54] Is a puzzlement

[00:00:56] What to tell growing son

[00:00:59] What for instance shall I say to him of women

[00:01:03] Shall I educate him on the ancient lines

[00:01:07] Shall I tell the boy as far as he is able

[00:01:11] To respect his wives and love his concubines

[00:01:16] Shall I tell him everyone is like the other

[00:01:20] And the better of the two is really neither

[00:01:24] If I tell him this I think he won't believe it

[00:01:29] And I nearly think I don't but believe either

[00:01:35] When my father was a king

[00:01:36] He was a king who knew exactly what he knew

[00:01:41] And his brain was not a thing

[00:01:43] Forever swinging to and fro and fro and to

[00:01:48] Shall I then be like my father

[00:01:49] And be willfully unmovable and strong

[00:01:54] Or is it better to be right

[00:01:56] Or am I right when I believe I may be wrong

[00:02:05] Shall I join with other nations in alliance

[00:02:09] If allies are weak am I not best alone

[00:02:13] If allies are strong with power to protect me

[00:02:17] Might they not protect me out of all I own

[00:02:21] Is a danger to be trusting one another

[00:02:26] One will seldom want to do what other wishes

[00:02:30] But unless someday somebody trust somebody

[00:02:34] There'll be nothing left on earth excepting fishes

[00:02:40] There are times I almost think

[00:02:42] Nobody sure of what he absolutely know

[00:02:47] Everybody find confusion

[00:02:48] In conclusion he concluded long ago

[00:02:53] And it puzzle me to learn

[00:02:55] That tho' a man may be in doubt of what he know

[00:03:00] Very quickly he will fight

[00:03:01] He'll fight to prove that what he does not know is so

[00:03:10] Oh sometimes I think that people going mad

[00:03:16] Ah sometimes I think that people not so bad

[00:03:22] But not matter what I think I must go on living life

[00:03:26] As leader of my kingdom I must go forth

[00:03:29] Be father to my children and husband to each wife

[00:03:32] Etcetera etcetera and so forth

[00:03:36] If my Lord in Heaven Buddha show the way

[00:03:40] Everyday I try to live another day

[00:03:44] If my Lord in Heaven Buddha show the way

[00:03:47] Everyday I do my best for one more day

[00:03:54] But is a puzzlement