Basket Case Theory

Everybody is someone else's weirdo Everybody is someone else's weirdo Everybody is someone else's weirdo, everybody Do you ever feel to yourself, man I'm so weird If anybody found out how weird I am I'd be in trouble, cause man I'm so weird Well I would like to introduce to you the basket case theory Something I developed when I was a young man To explain what I was witnessing, and it goеs like this If you meet a stranger, could be somеone you want to date Or just someone you work with, maybe just a friend When you meet them don't they seem pretty complete Have their act together pretty well Man that stranger (man that stranger) I wish I could be like that stranger Because that stranger doesn't have anything weird about them They've got their act together, and on the inside pretty confident and pretty capable And then time goes by and you learn more about your date or your friend or your co-worker And suddenly there's a flaw Oh, I didn't see that on day one but there does seem to be a a flaw, maybe a little weirdness Day ten looks like there's more than one flaw, two years later Well, I guess everybody's fucked up (it's true) That's the basket case theory (Everyone's fucked up, like you, oh) Everybody looks good until you get to know them Once you get to know a human being they are always a basket cases (everyone's fucked up, fucked up just like you) Well I guess, everybody's fucked up (it's true) That's the basket case theory (Everyone's fucked up, like you, oh) Everybody looks good until you get to know them (everyone's fucked up, fucked up just like you) Once you get to know a human being they are always a basket cases Always, just different kinds of baskets As soon as you realise that every fucking person is a basket case You're free, you're free What is it that bothers you more than anything as long as you you're healthy and you have a job? What bothers you more than anything is what people think of you Or what you think they think of you, or what they might think of you Or how they would treat you, if you did this embarrassing thing You're not better then them, basket case theory, they're not better than you They're just people you don't know that well, that's it There's nothing else to the story, you just don't know them that well If you did, you wouldn't be impressed Everybody's fucked up (it's true) That's the basket case theory (Everyone's fucked up, like you, oh) Everybody looks good until you get to know them Once you get to know a human being they are always a basket cases (everyone's fucked up, fucked up just like you) Well I guess, everybody's fucked up (everyone's fucked up) That's the basket case theory Everybody looks good until you get to know them Once you get to know a human being they are always a basket cases Everyone's fucked up Everyone's fucked up Everyone's looks good Everyone's fucked up too