Yesterday's Child Copyright © Maureen Kelly Yesterday's baby, yesterday's child Holds the world away with a tentative smile If they touch you they'll hurt you They make life so rough When they ask you to grow up They're askin too much Not so long ago pretty days you know In a womb they call your family Life was all alright tucked in every night Where'd the security go Brittle baby cruel surprise Cool gray morning in your eyes The weatherman's lies were directed at you Even skys conspire to keep you unglued Find the world when you were seventeen Reaching out for a teenager's dream Overdose of reality But pride won't let you go home Yesterday's baby, yesterday's child Yesterday's baby, yesterday's child Yesterday's baby Yesterday baby my fragile friend Make for sure out of maybe and maybe you'll win But they stole all your horses And they never gave you men Yesterday's baby in pieces again Not so long ago Yesterday's baby, yesterday's child Yesterday's baby, yesterday's child Yesterday's baby