you wander into the forest   following that shiny red ball   and by the time you looked up   you were lost, that's not all      instead of being the hero boy   he finds his way and emerges a man   you just start cutting me down tree by tree   as fast as you can      oh say can you see me   oh say can you see me   oh say can you see me   over here, over here      you want me to tell you a story   but I am weary of entertaining   I'll have more to say when I'm happy   'course then I'll have less to say      'cause there's no me left for me   no anecdotal term of ? here   no wild adventures, except in darkness   so dark, I'd rather not say      oh say can you see me   oh say can you see me   oh say can you see me   over here, over here, over here