"Poor Boy" lyrics

"Poor Boy"

A truck parked this morning - outside the groc'ry store
Friends face the future - they're wearin' summer clothes

Great cosmic forces - like fallin' dominoes
I love talking funny - it's the only song I know

Sweet smart and sexy - the day my life began
Burnt out and damaged - I dragged my body home

This slice is runny - it's dripping down my clothes
Flies stick to honey - it's the only game they know

Poor boy-I walk into the river in my hat and shoes
Poor boy-I'm sittin' at the table with a knife and spoon

Life fast die happy- don't let your panties show
They trust market forces - it's the only song they know

So come and rock my soul - where sin and sorry lie
White horses carry me - unto the other side

Poor boy - I'm livin' in a country where my thoughts are cold
Poor boy - I'm waitin' for the harvest of the seeds I sow

A flower in the night - with thoughts of days gone by
I've got to ring that bell - and I'll be satisfied

Poor boy - I'm wearin' silver slippers and a long white gown
Poor boy - I picture in my mind the day the walls come down

Poor boy - I'm livin' in a country where I'm never free
Poor boy - I'm writing down the names of all the things I see


Writer(s): David Byrne, Brian Peter George Eno
album: "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" (2008)
David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today album cover
Never Thought
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Walking Along The River
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
The Eyes
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
The Painting
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)