Cant shake the monkey on my back
Cant lose my luggage in the friendly skies
Cant tell the good guys from the bad
Cant hear the music for the background noise
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
Cant look a stranger in the eye
Cant reach the knife between my shoulder blades
Cant fall asleep for wondering why
Cant keep awake to man the barricades
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
All this stuff inside my head
Wish I could remember to forget
I find my thrill but lose my thread again
Cant say the words, they make me choke
Cant hear the punchline for the joke
Cant see the trees for all the smoke
Cant feel the love
Cant feel the love for all the hate
Cant taste the dinner I just ate
For all the ketchup on the plate
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterda