We were 14 climbing trees in the front yard, I remember it well Kevin came 'round and told us the rumors That a shiny young thing just flew in from San Francisco My mother introduced me to you on my birthday, said we'd get along fine I was shy at first but I fell in love With telling you every bit about my life (Well the good parts at least) All the kids at school, they would talk about you, never let it go You were the next big thing The new Bob Marley The fresh Monroe A young Thom Yorke or Rolling Stone So I got used to putting on a show but Everything you know about me's dead wrong I'm just trying to make it through Feel like I don't have any fun I'm afraid that I might've forgotten how to And I sometimes don't wanna be here long But I still wanna stay, don't you? Just feels like whatever you do, you're doo-doo-doom-doomed And it's kinda hard to, not to blame it on you Yeah you're doo-doo-doom-doom-doomed Baby you're doo-doo-doom-doom-doomed Baby you're doo-doo-doom-doomed And it's kinda hard to, not to blame it on you Blame it on me? You said, whatever do you mean? I Thought I was the best thing since chocolate ice cream? I screamed, I swear I thought so too But you had all the nuclear codes in your room and you Stole every eye from the malls to the bistros and All the attention from the concerts to the discos One by one everybody got obsessed And they'd bend over backwards just to keep you impressed Now, all the old folks had their sneaking suspicions That something wasn't right but nobody ever listened It was too good to be true A world peace treaty, a collective view A government party that cares about you I swear I'd die just trying to hide the truth 'cause Everything you know about me's dead wrong I'm just trying to make it through Feel like I don't have any fun I'm afraid that I might've forgotten how to And I sometimes don't wanna be here long But I still wanna stay, don't you? Just feels like whatever you do, you're doo-doo-doom-doomed And it's kinda hard to, not to blame it on you Yeah you're doo-doo-doom-doom-doomed Baby you're doo-doo-doom-doom-doomed Baby you're doo-doo-doom-doomed And it's kinda hard to (yeah it's kinda hard to), not to blame it on you Oh, baby you're doo-doo-doom-doom-doomed Oh, baby you're doo-doo-doom-doom-doomed Baby you're doom-doom-doomed Yeah it's kinda hard to, not to blame it on you