So you tried and we tried to bring it back to Philadelphia where it all began And you tried and you tried to describe to them your vision of the Music Man They didn't see you No, No, No They didn't hear you No, No, No But you've been tryin' to get the message around But it's comin' out backwards and upside down And you've been workin' for the Sunshine Express Just a little bit too long.
So you cried and you cried to see the tangled up expression on your twisted face And you buried everything inside with all your dreams about the human race They didn't see you No, No, No They didn't hear you No, No, No But you've been tryin' to get the message around But it's comin' out backwards and upside down And you've been workin' for the Sunshine Express Just a little bit too long.
Nothin' you feel can make a sound away deep down inside of you And nothin' you touch could ever seem like it's real or even near to you You don't see it No, No, No You don't hear it No, No, No But you've been tryin' to get the message around But it's comin' out backwards and upside down Everybody seems to live his life Just a little bit too long.