Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song A Puzzlement, artist - Richard Rodgers. Album song The King and I, in the genre Саундтреки
Date of issue: 31.05.2017
Record label: HHO Licensing
Song language: English
A Puzzlement |
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 changed 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! |
(spoken) |
Is a puzzlement |
(sung) |
What to tell growing son |
What for instance, shall I say to him of women? |
Shall I educate him on the ancient lines? |
Shall I tell the boy as far as he is able |
To respect his wives and love his concubines? |
Shall I tell him everyone is like the other |
And the better of the two is really neither? |
If I tell him this I think he won’t believe it— |
And I nearly think that I don’t believe it either! |
When my father was a king |
He was a king who knew exactly what he knew |
And his brain was not a thing |
Forever swinging to and fro and fro and to |
Shall I, then be like my father |
And be willfully unmovable and strong? |
Or is it better to be right? |
Or am I right when I believe I may be wrong? |
Shall I join with other nations in alliance? |
If allies are weak, am I not best alone? |
If allies are strong with power to protect me |
Might they not protect me out of all I own? |
Is a danger to be trusting one another |
One will seldom want to do what other wishes; |
But unless someday somebody trust somebody |
There’ll be nothing left on earth excepting fishes! |
There are times I almost think |
Nobody sure of what he absolutely know |
Everybody find confusion |
In conclusion he concluded long ago |
And it puzzle me to learn |
That tho' a man may be in doubt of what he know |
Very quickly he will fight |
He’ll fight to prove that what he does not know is so! |
Oh-h-h-h-h-h! |
Sometimes I think that people going mad! |
Ah-h-h-h-h-h! |
Sometimes I think that people not so bad! |
But not matter what I think |
I must go on living life |
As leader of my kingdom I must go forth |
Be father to my children and husband to each wife |
Etcetera, etcetera, and so forth |
If my Lord in Heaven Buddha, show the way! |
Everyday I try to live another day |
If my Lord in Heaven Buddha, show the way! |
Everyday I do my best for one-more day! |
(spoken) |
But… is a puzzlement! |