"Smalltown Boy" lyrics

"Smalltown Boy"

You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face

Mother will never understand why you had to leave
But the answers you seek will never be found at home

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away

Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down

And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them, just to your soul

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)

(Crying to your soul)
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry


Writer(s): Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski, Larry Aka "larry Cole" Steinbachek
album: "The Waves Pt. 1" (2021)
Kele - The Waves Pt. 1 album cover
Dungeness
(Instrumental)
The Patriots
(Instrumental)
The Heart Of The Wave
(Instrumental)
Cradle You
(Bonus Track)
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