William Finn - Song of Innocence and Experience lyrics

What is innocence exactly? Is it ever unattractive? Do the people who are innocent Think their innocence Makes them better than he people who have lost their innocent bliss? Hey, are you following this? And at what expense Does innocence become experience? Let us all commence To celebrate our lives Sometimes achievers Busy as beavers Might look back and say: "Hey, Dad, look what I built today" What's experience exactly? Is it simply earned by living Do the people with experience Need to understand That a life that's richened by experience becomes more unforgiving And at what expense Does innocence become experience? What's the consequence When something new gives way? For example, this building How much music it will bring I cannot say But, Dad, look what we built today And at what expense Does innocence become experience? Let us all commence To celebrate our lives And to honor this building How much music it will bring We cannot say But Dad, look what we built today Today Today Today