I saw a young man by a telephone 
He was sitting alone in the rain 
I said, "Hey, young man what you doing here?" 
He said, "Sir, I'm going insane"  
 
See I love an American beauty 
But nobody here understands 
So he looked to the sky with resentment in his eyes 
And said, "Lord, why am I in Japan?" 
Lord why am I in Japan?  
 
He told me a story about yesterday 
How he walked in the search of a friend 
But nobody came to his rescue 
So he came to his bitter end  
 
He pulled me close and said 
"They all stopped and stared 
As I walked down the street alone 
And nobody knew my name 
Nobody knew my name"  
 
I said, "Young man I know where you're going 
And young man I know where you've been 
But I've been in this land for a lifetime, it seems, 
And I'm never to come back again 
No, I'm never to come back again  
 
So I turned and I gave him my blessing 
And I left him alone in the rain 
But I had to just stop and laugh at myself 
Still nobody knows my name 
Nobody knows my name