Vertical Horizon - Japan lyrics

Well, I saw a young man by a telephone

He was sitting alone in the rain

I said, "Hey, young man what you doing here?"

And he said, "Sir, I'm going insane

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?

Oh, 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

Still nobody knows my name

Nobody knows my name (nobody knows my name)

Nobody knows my name (nobody knows my name)

Nobody knows my name