Field Notes

I'll tell you a secret, between you and me

Nowadays every last person I meet

Is an expert on something

My dad's now a priest

My friend's figured out how to solve the Middle East

And I keep a notebook with all that they say

Something might come in handy one day

I got pages and pages

And some of it's true

Field notes, my friend

Between me and you

I came into this world

Butt naked, now I've learnt

To dress up and pretend

Like I know

I was just skin and bones

'Til you filled me up with lessons

I must outgrow

Now I am the expert on life as it is

Still can't believe they put up with my shit

Got this notebook, it made me, but all that it holds

Is hearsay and lies that someone once told

I got to lose it, I'll burn it, I swear

I'll no longer be part of this glare

I got gas, I got fire, I'll just watch it burn

And forget everything that I ever heard

I came into this world

Butt naked, now I've learnt

To dress up and pretend

Like I know

I was just skin and bones

'Til you filled me up with lessons

I must outgrow

I must outgrow

All that I know

I must forget

All that I learnt