When every day begins in yesterday When every light around you shines You are the lover of a hundred others So don't tell me what to do Retreat resist relent redemption Be careful not to cut your hair Be sorry for your sins and all their mothers But don't tell me what to do, oh no I am, forever trying to defend I lost, my childhood qualities when I was ten Don't quite recall when it began Oooh I can't remember such a drain Believe the truth before you breathe it Beloved sometime very soon Your pathway forward is an exit doorway So don't tell me what to do I am, forever trying to defend I lost, my childhood qualities when I was ten Don't quite recall when it began Oooh I can't remember such a drain Oooh, I can't remember Such a drain ... whoa oh yeah I am, forever trying to defend I lost, my childhood qualities when I was ten Don't quite recall when it began Oooh I can't remember such a drain I am, forever trying to defend I lost, my childhood qualities when I was ten Don't quite recall when it began Oooh I can't remember such a drain