How I Am Jason Howland (Ft. John Hickok)

[Professor Bhaer, sung]
She asks how I am
And so, how am I?
My days are the usual day
I wake up, I go out
Time goes by

My days are exactly the days
I have lived since arriving here
In fact, how I am is amazed how
This comforts me year by year

I work and I eat
Life is muffins and jam
The house is nice and quiet now
That is how I am

Five years in these rooms
Reading Hegel and Kant
My mind is devoted to thoughts
On the meaning of life

What more could I want?

So why is it lately I find
I’m uneasy all through the night?
And why even now does my skin
Feel explosive as dynamite?