Richard Rodgers
A Puzzlement (Reprise)
[CHULALONGKORN, spoken]
It begins to look as if people do not know when they are right or wrong. Even after they have grown up.
[LOUIS, spoken]
I've noticed that, too.
[CHULALONGKORN, spoken]
'Tis a puzzlement! When I left my father a little while ago, he seemed uncertain about many things.
[LOUIS, spoken]
I don't believe grownups are ever certain. They only talk as if they are certain.
[CHULALONGKORN]
There are times I almost think
They are not sure of what they absolutely know
[LOUIS]
I believe they are confused
About conclusions they concluded long ago
[CHULALONGKORN]
If my father and your mother
Are not sure of what they absolutely know
Can you tell me why they fight?
[LOUIS]
They fight to prove that what they do not know is so
[CHULALONGKORN]
Oh-h-h-h-h-h!
Sometimes I think that people going mad
[LOUIS]
Ah-h-h-h-h-h!
Sometimes I think that people not so bad
[CHULALONGKORN]
But no matter what I think
I must go on living life
And some day as a leader 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
Every day I try to live another day
If my Lord in Heaven, Buddha, show the way
Every day I do my best for one more day
[CHULALONGKORN, spoken]
But...
[LOUIS, spoken]
Is a puzzlement!