"Am I Not Your Boy" lyrics

"Am I Not Your Boy"

Drifting through the holy smoke
My sword don't swing
Thrown into the filthy corners
But that's okay

Being good ain't enough lately
I ain't got the strength to save me
Can't figure what got me here
I don't want to preach alone
It's easy to disappear
But mother I'm good as gold
Am I not your boy
Your child
The kid that I once was
Is dead

Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh

Men are joined
Are joined
Adjourned

Being good ain't enough lately
I ain't got the strength to save me
Can't figure what got me here
I don't want to preach alone
It's easy to disappear
But mother I'm good as gold
Am I not your boy
Your child
The kid that I once was
Is dead

Who and where and why and when
And then (mmm)
Will I get it again
Still operating
Will I get it again
Again still operating
Being good ain't enough lately
I ain't got the strength to save me


Writer(s): Kayus Bankole, Graham Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Timothy Brinkhurst
album: "Dead" (2014)
Young Fathers - Dead album cover
Get Up
(from "T2 Trainspotting" soundtrack)