i want to tell you something listen to me i m trying to say i m better than you i am only what i am we must not stand still for the night is coming every man every woman and child everybody help me i hear only what i want to hear but i have to believe in something have to believe just one thing i said father washington you re all mixed up collecting sinners in an old tin cup spare a listen for a restless fool there s something missing when i read your rules well hey there you tell me you re a holy man but although i am just a beginner i don t see you as a winner i said sister robinson you re all washed up collecting teardrops in a paper cup if i could tell you what you need to know if i could help you to get on with the show but reverend ebenezer there s a storm in my head makes me believe what you said just wasn t true so what am i to do oh what is there to do whoa whoa whoa all creatures great and small all things wise and wonderful the lord god made them all mary tell me what i m living for cause i feel like i m tossed in the river have you a son to deliver i say father washington you re all mixed up collecting sinners in an old tin cup you tell the children what they need to know but will they listen when it s time to go oh sister robinson you re all washed up collecting teardrops in a paper cup can someone tell me what i need to know can someone help me to get on with the show 