Boy
October 1980
Produced by Steve Lillywhite
I
was on the outside, when you said
You
said you needed me.
I
was looking at myself, I was blind
I
could not see.
A
boy tries hard to be a man,
His
mother takes him by his hand,
If
he stops to think he starts to cry.
Oh
why?
If
you walk away, walk away
I
walk away, walk away - I will follow.
I
was on the inside
when
they pulled the four walls down.
I
was looking through the window.
I
was lost, I am found.
Walk
away, Walk away.
I
walk away, walk away - I will follow.
If
you walk away, walk away,
I
walk away, walk away - I will follow.
(Your
eyes make a circle,
I
see you when I go in there)
Your
eyes, your eyes.
If
you walk away, walk away
I
walk away, walk away - I will follow
I
will follow
I
will follow...
I look into his eyes
They're closed but I see something
A teacher told me why
I laugh when old men cry
My body grows and grows
It frightens me you know
The old man tried to walk me home
I thought he should have known
Twilight...
Twilight, lost my way
Twilight, can't find my way
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
I'm running in the rain
I'm caught in a late night play
It's all; it's everything
I'm soaking through the skin
Twilight...darkened day
Twilight...lost my way
Twilight...night and day
Twilight...can't find my way
Can't find your way
Can't find my way
Can't find your way
Twilight...darkened day
Twilight...lost my way
Twilight...night and day
Twilight...can't find my way
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
Say goodnight
She waits for me to
Put out the light
Lay there still
She waits to break my will
Yes, if I know the truth about you...
And in the daylight
A blackbird makes a violent sight
And when she is done
She sleeps beside the wild
Yes, If I know the truth about you...
Into
the heart of a child.
I
stay awhile, I can go back.
Into
the heart of a child.
I
can smile.
I
can go there.
Into
the heart of a child.
Into
the heart of a child.
I
can go back.
I
can stay awhile.
Into
the heart.
Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say how long
You say how long
It was one dull morning
Woke the world with falling
I was so sad (so sad)
It was so bad
I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
Boys and Girls
Go to the school and girls
They make children
Not like this one
I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
(Out of control)
I fought fate
There's blood on the garden gate
The man said childhood
It's in his childhood
One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late
You can't fight it
I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
There's
a place I go,
And
it is far away.
There's
a TV show,
And
I can grow.
Sometimes
the hero takes me,
Sometimes
I don't let go.
There's
a picture book
With
more than moans and groans.
There's
a comic strip
That
makes me laugh.
Sometimes
I let it take me.
Sometimes
I don't let go,
I
won't let go.
Stories
for boys.
Stories
for boys.
There's
a place I go,
And
it is far away.
There's
a radio,
And
I will crawl.
Sometimes
the hero takes me.
Sometimes
I don't let go.
Stories
for boys.
Stories
for boys.
Stories
for boys...
Starting a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind
I'm dreaming
You're awake
If I were sleeping
What's at stake
A day without me
Whatever the feelings
I keep feeling
What are the feelings
You left behind
Today's a day without me
I started a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind
In the world I left behind
Wipe their eyes, and then let go
To the world I left behind
Shed a tear, and then let go...
Bright morning lights
Wipe the sleep from another day's eye
Turn away from the wall
And there's Nothing at all
Being naked and afraid
In the open space of my bed
I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
Real life on a cloud
Real life...
Just as I am
I awoke with a tear on my tongue
I awoke with a feeling of never before
In my sleep I discover the one
But she ran with the morning sun
I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
Real life on a cloud
Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Another child has lost the race
Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Your time, your price
Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Another child has lost...
???
Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Your time, your price
Boy,
stupid boy,
Don't
sit at the table
Till
you able to.
Toy,
broken toy.
Shout,
shout, you're inside out.
If
you don't know, the electric co.
Red,
running red
Play
for real,
Talk
and feel.
Hold
in your hand.
You
don't shout,
You
still feel guilty.
If
you don't know,
The
electric co.
One,
two, three, four
Why
must I hide from myself?
When
I need the crowd.
Bring
on the crowd.
I
love the crowd.
If
you don't know,
the
electric co...
Back
to the cold restless streets at night
I
talk to myself about tomorrow night.
Walls
of white protest, a gravestone in name
Who
is it now? it's always the same.
Who
is it now? who calls me inside
Are
the leaves on the trees just a living disguise?
I
walk the sweet rain tragicomedy
I'll
walk home again to the street melody.
But
I know oh no
But
I know oh no
I
know
Shadows
and tall trees
Shadows
and tall trees
Life
through a window, a discoloured pain
Mrs.
Brown's washing is always the same
I
walk the sweet rain tragicomedy
I'll
walk home again to the street melody.
But
I know oh no
But
I know oh no
I
know.
(Out
there)
Do
you feel in me, anything redeeming,
Any
worthwhile feeling
Is
life like a tightrope? hanging on my ceiling.
But
I know oh no
But
I know oh no
I
know
Shadows
and Tall Trees ....