Japan

I saw a young man by a telephone

He was sitting alone in the rain

I said, "hey, young man what you doing here?"

He said, "sir, i'm going insane"



See i love an american beauty

But nobody here understands

So he looked to the sky with resentment in his eyes

And said, "lord, why am i in japan?"

Lord why am i in japan?



He told me a story about yesterday

How he walked in the search of a friend

But nobody came to his rescue

So he came to his bitter end



He pulled me close and said

"they all stopped and stared

As i walked down the street alone

And nobody knew my name

Nobody knew my name"



I said, "young man i know where you're going

And young man i know where you've been

But i've been in this land for a lifetime, it seems,

And i'm never to come back again

No, i'm never to come back again



So i turned and i gave him my blessing

And i left him alone in the rain

But i had to just stop and laugh at myself

Still nobody knows my name

Nobody knows my name


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