He talks when he's asleep
Unafraid in the big silent world
Too young to make any sense when he's awake
Too young to understand the waking world

I wonder what he's thinking about
I wonder what he thinks of us?
I wonder what he'll be when he grows up
I wonder...

He goes to school in the silent winter snows
He leaves with the quiet summer breeze
He plays around the glassy pond
He walks home on the whispering trail
He's awfully quiet at the dinner table tonight
He's awfully quiet when he eats his breakfast

I wonder why he's so quiet today
I wonder why he keeps to himself
I wonder why he won't talk to us about his problems
I wonder...

No one told me I shouldn't say the things I say
No one told me I shouldn't talk so much
No one told me I shouldn't be so intimate
But no one told me I could

No one told me I shouldn't speak up
No one told me I shouldn't speak my mind
No one told me I shouldn't speak out
But no one told me I could

He puts the phone down with a grunt
Smiles and scribbles a note to himself
He sits back and stares out the window
And savors the moment with the setting sun

I wonder why he's so quiet today
I wonder why he keeps to himself
I wonder why he never tells us what's on his mind
I wonder...

He presses down hard on the accelerator
Along the high mountain road
He's had too much to drink tonight
He takes one last corner and loses control
Tries to correct
But it's too late

I wonder why he never told us there was something wrong
I wonder why he kept it to himself
I wonder why he suffered all alone
I wonder...

No one told me I shouldn't say the things I say
No one told me I shouldn't talk so much
No one told me I shouldn't be so intimate
But no one told me I could

No one told me I shouldn't speak up
No one told me I shouldn't speak my mind
No one told me I shouldn't speak out
But no one told me I could