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A Puzzlement
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FROM: The King and I
SUNG BY: Yul Bremner (The King of Siam)
WRITTEN BY: R. Rodgers/O. Hammerstein II
When I was a boy, world was better spot,
What was so was so, what was not was not,
Now I am a man, world have change a lot,
Some things nearly so, others nearly not.
There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know,
Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago,
In my head are many facts that as a student I have studied to procure,
In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure.
Is a puzzlement.
Shall I join with other nations in alliance?
If Eliza's weak am I not best of all?
If Eliza's strong with power to protect me
Might they not protect me out of what I owe?
Is a danger to be trusting one another,
One will seldom want to do what other wishes,
But unless some day somebody trusts somebody
There'll be nothing left on earth excepting fishes.
There are times I almost think nobody's sure of what he absolutely knows,
Everybody find confusion in conclusion he concluded long ago,
And it puzzles me to learn that though a man may be in doubt of what he knows,
Very quickly will he fight, he'll fight to proove that what he does not know is so.
Oh oh, sometimes I think that people going mad,
Oh oh, sometimes I think that people not so bad,
But no matter what I think I must go on living life
As leader of my kingdom I must go forth,
As father to my children and husband to each wife,
Etcetera, etcetera, and so forth,
If my Lord in heaven Buddah show the way,
Every day I try to live another day,
If my Lord in heaven Buddah show the way,
Every day I do my best for one more day
But is a puzzlement.
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