Lyrics

When you were born The Sandinistas ruled Nicaragua, but Reagan didn't like them When you were born The Soviet Union took over Afghanistan, and that led to all this craziness When you were born The Shah of Iran fled the country, and then came Khomeini When you were born Sony made the Walkman — two hundred dollars — people started wearing headphones When you were born When you werе born When you were born So was Clairе Danes, and Norah Jones, and Jennifer Love Hewitt When you were born Punk was dead. So was Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen And Jean Seberg, John Wayne, Lord Mountbatten, Daryl Zanuck, Peggy Guggenheim, ... When you were born A star was born so bright it had a livable atmosphere When you were born I had no idea that something so amazeballs could ever happen When you were born You deserved your very own planet with lots, and lots of cats When you were born And I will visit that planet