THE LOGICAL SONG - SUPERTRAMP

1.- Historia

El grupo británico de Rock, Supertamp, se formó en Londres en 1969. Su nombre proviene de un libro del poeta W.H. Davies de 1938 titulado "The Autobiography Of A Supertramp".

El sexto álbum de la banda, "Breakfast In America", es el más importante de su discografía. Su primer sencillo "The Logical Song", es sólo una muestra de ello. Su letra habla acerca de las preguntas que toda persona hace acerca de su existencia. Fue premiada como Mejor Canción Lírica y Musicalmente por la Academia Británica de Autores y Compositores. En los rankings, fue número 1 en Canadá, 6 en USA y 7 en UK.

2.- Lyrics

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical

And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily

Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me

But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible

Logical, oh, responsible, practical

And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable

Oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical

There are times when all the world's asleep

The questions run too deep

For such a simple man

Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?

I know it sounds absurd

Please tell me who I am

I said, now, watch what you say, they'll be calling you a radical

A liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal

Oh, won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're acceptable

Respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable

Oh, take, take, take it, yeah

But at night, when all the world's asleep

The questions run so deep

For such a simple man

Won't you please (oh, won't you tell me)

Please tell me what we've learned? (Can you hear me?)

I know it sounds absurd (oh, won't you tell me)

Please tell me who I am

Who I am, who I am, who I am

3.- Vocabulary

- Seemed = Seem = Parecer

- Wonderful = Maravilloso/a

- Miracle = Milagro

- Send away = Enviar algo o alguien con algún propósito

- Dependable = Fiable, digno de confianza

- Cynical = Malpensado, despiadado, egoísta

- Asleep = Dormido/a

- Sign up = Matricularse, hacerse socio/a

4.- Grammar

a) Simple Past Tense

Ejemplo:

- When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful.

b) Simple Present Tense

Ejemplo:

- There are times when all the world's asleep.

c) Future Will

Ejemplo:

- Won't you sign up your name?

d) Futuro Continuo

Ejemplo:

- They'll be calling you a radical.

e) Would

Ejemplo:

- We'd like to feel you're acceptable.

f) Sufijo _ly

Ejemplo:

- Happily

- Joyfully

- Playfully

5.- Videoclip