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 |