Well, the moths have been fed and the pirates pirated Are things I left undone As every day rolls on, I lose them At least your pressure to confusion Was it something I read that's been doing in my head? What gives me palpitations? The implication of delusion Or just a problem of execution So baby, claim that I'm not playing a roll, well, maybe I'll play for someone else, sir Your babies claim that it's a game for gold, well, that's not the same as a claim for wealth, sir That's not wealth, sir And at the moment I'm trying to just find my beginner's mind When the call finally came, I was reading up on quick claims So I had to think about it As I begun to doubt it mattered No, I'm so sick of feeling battered
'Cause we're not trying to change when you tell me that I change And when I try not to change Well, then you tell me that I don't change And there's not much I can change about that, sir So baby, blame it on what you've been told, go blow that blame around pell mell, sir If I'm ashamed of what I bought or sold, I've got no one to blame but myself, sir I'm to blame for my own bad health, sir And at the moment I'm trying to just find my beginner's mind So to another year down the road, and that's not something I could help, sir But if you tell me that I'm getting old, you'd better take a good look at yourself, sir Yeah, take a look at yourself, sir 'Cause at the moment I'm trying to just find some beginner's mind