Nik Kershaw — Born Yesterday

Can’t shake the monkey on my back Can’t lose my luggage in the friendly skies Can’t tell the good guys from the bad Can’t 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 Can’t look a stranger in the eye Can’t reach the knife between my shoulder blades (Ouch) Can’t fall asleep for wondering why Can’t keep awake to man the barricades And I 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 I wish I could remember to forget I find my thrill but lose my thread again Can’t say the words, they make me choke Can’t hear the punchline for the joke Can’t see the trees for all the smoke Can’t feel the love Can’t feel the love for all the hate Can’t taste the dinner I just ate For all the ketchup on the plate I would be naked in every sense I would be blissful in innocence If I was born yesterday Born yesterday I would be naked in every sense I would be blissful in innocence If I was born yesterday