Текст песни A Puzzlement

King:

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 what to tell growing son?

[Sings]

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
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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