Inspired by Cate’s mother digging up her birth certificate and discovering that they had celebrated her birthday one day off.
The genesis of that song was that my birthday was celebrated on the wrong day for six years of my life, and when you’re six-years old you think that it’s the end of the worl...
[Verse 1]
Life seems no doubt
Least fifteen for your money
Dream of copper calendars
Laughter in the drive
[Chorus]
I was born on the wrong day
I met my mother and adjust the windows
[Verse 2]
Oh, teach me words like faith
Put all your details in the ground
As if you don’t believe in stones
I’m gonna cry in your mouth
[Chorus]
I was born on the wrong day
I met my mother and adjust the windows
[Verse 3]
Revisit passages
From foreign papers in the class
Or take it back to milk
And the fluttering of hands
[Chorus]
I was born on the wrong day
I met my mother and adjust the windows
I Was Born on the Wrong Day was written by Cate Le Bon.
I Was Born on the Wrong Day was produced by Noah Georgeson & Josiah Steinbrick.
Cate Le Bon released I Was Born on the Wrong Day on Fri Apr 15 2016.