(D)When I was a boy, world was bet ter spot.

What was so was so, what was not was not.

(F)Now I am a man, world have changed a lot.

(CN.C.)Some things near ly so, oth ers near ly not.

There are (F)times I al most (F)think I am not (F)sure of what I (F)ab so lute ly (C7)know.

Ver y (F)of ten find con (F)fu sion in con (F)clu sion I con (F)clud ed long a (C7sus)go.

In my (F)head are man y facts that, as a (F7)stu dent, I have stud ied to pro (Bb)cure.

In my (F)head are man y facts, of which I wish I was more (Gm7)cer tain (C)I was (F6/9)sure.

(CN.C.)What, for (Dm)in stance, shall I (Dm)say to him of (B)wom en?

Shall I (Dm)ed u cate him (Dm)on the an cient (B7)lines?

Shall I (Em)tell the boy, as far as he is (Cmaj7)a ble,

to re (G)spect his wives and (Gm)love his con cu (A7)bines?

Shall I (Gm6)tell him ev ’ry one is like the oth er,

and the bet ter one of two is real ly (F)nei ther?

If I tell him this, I think he won’t be lieve it,

and I (Db7)near ly think I (C7)don’t be lieve it (F)ei ther!

When my (F)fa ther was a (F)king he was a (F)king who knew ex (F)act ly what he (C7)knew,

and his (F)brain was not a (F)thing for ev er (F)swing ing to and (F)fro and fro and (C7sus)to.

Shall I (F)then be like my fa ther and be (F7)will ful ly un mov a ble and (Bb)strong?

Or is (F)bet ter to be right?

Or am I right when I be (Gm7)lieve I (C)may be (F6/9)wrong?

(CN.C.)Shall I (Dm)join with oth er (Dm)na tions in al (B)li ance?

If al (Dm)lies are weak, am (Dm)I not best a (B7)lone?

If al (Em)lies are strong with pow er to pro (Cmaj7)tect me,

might they (G)not pro tect me (Gm)out of all I (A7)own?

Is a (Gm6)dan ger to be trust ing one an oth er.

One will sel dom want to do what oth er (F)wish es,

but un less some day, some bod y trust some bod y,

there’ll be (Db7)noth ing left on (C7)earth ex cept ing (F)fish es!

When my There are (Gm7)does not (C)know is (G6)so.

(Gsus2)Oh!

Some (D7sus)times I think that peo ple go ing (Gsus2)mad!

Ah!

Some (D7sus)times I think that peo ple not so (E)bad.

But, no (Bm)mat ter what I (Bm)think, I must (Bm)go on liv ing (Bm)life.

As a (Bm)lead er of my (Bm)king dom I must (Eb)go forth;

be fa ther to my chil dren, and hus band to each wife, et (G)cet er a, et cet er a, and so forth.

If my Lord in heav en, Bud dha, show the way,

ev ’ry day I try to live an oth er day.

If my Lord in heav en, Bud dha, show the way,

ev ’ry day I do my best for one more day.

But

is a puz zle ment!