[00:00.000] 作曲 : Paul Gordon
[00:08.871]I didn't know that Henry VIII was married more than once
[00:14.454]Or Shelley was a poet
[00:16.605]I didn't know Alexander the Great had conquered most of Greece
[00:22.266]Or people came from monkeys
[00:24.441]I didn't know that the Garden of Eden was all just a beautiful myth...
[00:30.972]
[00:32.383]I never read Great Expectations
[00:36.071]Summer On The Lake
[00:37.866]Euripides' Electra
[00:39.885]I never met The Two Noble Kinsmen
[00:43.384]Or ever came across The Merry Wives Of Windsor
[00:47.475]I always feel like I'm Alice in Wonderland
[00:51.415]Stranded in Vanity Fair...
[00:54.463]
[00:55.258]Once upon a time
[00:57.155]O Captain! My Captain!
[00:59.393]I'm so many years behind
[01:03.364]I'm still so many years behind
[01:07.545]
[01:07.935]
[01:08.435]I didn't know that she'd be so clever!
[01:12.402]I never dreamed of such imagination
[01:16.063]I never read thoughts so expressive!
[01:19.967]I really must re-read
[01:21.645]The Count of Monte Cristo
[01:23.323]
[01:23.764]What am I thinking? I'm missing appointments
[01:27.300]To read what she studied in French
[01:31.042]I'm baffled and perplexed
[01:33.064]O Captain! My Captain!
[01:35.061]I really must get back to work
[01:38.883]I wonder what she'll write me next...
[01:41.897]
[01:42.408]
[01:42.859]I never heard of Meg, Jo, Beth or Amy
[01:46.664]I'd never been to Dover Beach
[01:50.071]Or heard the phrase
[01:51.312]A man's reach should exceed his grasp
[01:55.393]
[01:55.759]I feel like The Idiot
[01:58.937]Or the Toilers Of The Sea
[02:01.162]O Captain! My Captain!
[02:03.461]All the world is verse to me
[02:07.369]A lady with a lamp I see...
[02:11.486]
[02:12.093]I'd never heard the moonlight sonata, a Chopin Polonaise, a Brandenburg Concerto
[02:20.260]I didn't know that Lillian Russell triumphed on the stage
[02:25.865]Or Monet was a painter
[02:28.156]And you may laugh at me
[02:30.151]I thought George Elliot was without a question a man
[02:35.844]I'm opening my mind
[02:37.804]O Captain! My Captain!
[02:40.151]I'm so many years behind
[02:44.518]I'm still so many years behind
[02:49.168]
[02:50.726]Now, Daddy, I must sleep
[02:54.461]But I will think of you
[02:58.961]For, Daddy, I know there is still much catching up to do
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作曲 : 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