Music: Paul Gordon
I didn't know that Henry VIII was married more than once
Or Shelley was a poet
I didn't know Alexander the Great had conquered most of Greece
Or people came from monkeys
I didn't know that the Garden of Eden was all just a beautiful myth...
I never read Great Expectations
Summer On The Lake
Euripides' Electra
I never met The Two Noble Kinsmen
Or ever came across The Merry Wives Of Windsor
I always feel like I'm Alice in Wonderland
Stranded in Vanity Fair...
Once upon a time
O Captain! My Captain!
I'm so many years behind
I'm still so many years behind
I didn't know that she'd be so clever!
I never dreamed of such imagination
I never read thoughts so expressive!
I really must re-read
The Count of Monte Cristo
What am I thinking? I'm missing appointments
To read what she studied in French
I'm baffled and perplexed
O Captain! My Captain!
I really must get back to work
I wonder what she'll write me next...
I never heard of Meg, Jo, Beth or Amy
I'd never been to Dover Beach
Or heard the phrase
A man's reach should exceed his grasp
I feel like The Idiot
Or the Toilers Of The Sea
O Captain! My Captain!
All the world is verse to me
A lady with a lamp I see...
I'd never heard the moonlight sonata, a Chopin Polonaise, a Brandenburg Concerto
I didn't know that Lillian Russell triumphed on the stage
Or Monet was a painter
And you may laugh at me
I thought George Elliot was without a question a man
I'm opening my mind
O Captain! My Captain!
I'm so many years behind
I'm still so many years behind
Now, Daddy, I must sleep
But I will think of you
For, Daddy, I know there is still much catching up to do