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 Can´t fall asleep for wondering why Can´t 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 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 Cant feel the love for all the hate Can´t 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 yesterday