Misunderstood at an early age
At an early age
I couldn't read the signs
I couldn't read the pages
I couldn't read the pages
I felt like a stranger
So I didn't speak
I didn't speak
I just said
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
When they spoke to me
I just said
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Pardon, je n'ais pas compris
As time seemed to pass
And I learned the language
I learned the language
But I felt disconnected
From my mother's tongue
I couldn't understand it
And she looked at me
With such disbelief
When I couldn't speak
I just said
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
When she spoke to me
I just said
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Pardon, je n'ais pas compris
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
But I seem to find my way around
These complicated foreign sounds
When no one had told me
There would be all of these changes
This city seems an awful place to be
They've poisoned the air I breathe
But I will not stay where I'm not wanted
But I don't want to leave
I don't want to leave
Ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) But no matter where I go
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) I'll know where I came from
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) I know where I came from
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) 'cause I speak in the tone
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) Speaks in the song
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) And you know how it goes
When it says
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
When it spoke to me
When it says
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
When it spoke to me
And j'ai pas compris