Well i saw a young man by a telephone
He was sitting alone in the rain
I said hey young man what you doing there
And he said sir i'm going insane
He said sir i'm going insane

You see i love an american beauty
But nobody here understands
Then he looked to the sky with resentment in his eyes
And said lord why am i in japan
Oh lord why am i in japan

Then he told me a story about yesterday
When he walked in the search of a friend
But nobody came to his rescue
And he came to his bitter end

He pulled me close and said they all stopped and stared
As i walked down the street all alone
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
For 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...