Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
Don’t judge a song by its title! What appears to be a cute description of a baby learning and growing turns out to be a portrait of a young woman, coarsened and made cynical by the events in her life, presumably specifically in her teens and young adulthood.
Baby learns to crawl
Watching daddy's skin
Learns to fall
Get up again
Baby learns to cry
Watching mama's smile
In the mirror
Can you hear her
Baby learns to swear
With your hair
Learns to love
Watching TV
Baby learns to cope with
What she sees
In the mirror
Don't go near her
Baby learns to hide
Down on your knees
Learns to pray when
Somebody sneezes
Baby don't you say you love me
In the mirror
One last crushing blow
The final crashing bore
And it's always time to go
As you're inching to the door
(Let's go)
Baby learns to live
Watching daddy's life
Baby learns to give
Everything away
Baby learns to cry
It's all right
In the mirror
Baby learn to crawl
Watching daddy's skin
Baby learns to crawl
Watching daddy's skin