Single file in the girls corridor
Come alongStewart laddie!

Stewart boyyou ll never be much
cause you re too busy acting the fool.
Thank you Sir for them few kind words
on my last day of school.

Ohbut my mama saidI could be a success
if I d only get myself out of bed.
Words of wisdombut I wasn t list ning
I had plans in my head.

Only a boy
trying it on
coming on strong
restless to roam
only a boy
silly and proud
reckless and loud
impressing the crowd
only a boy.

Rock n Roll was in my brain
Eddie Cochrane running through my brain.
Skin tight trousers in council houses
the unemployment exchange.

The blues I played were Mississippi made
and ev ry Friday night I d fall in love.
Football fields and teenage pills
nothing s enough.

Only a boy
dressing to kill
passion to spill
hand in the till.
Only a boy
slipping it in
thin as a pin
chasing a dream
only a boy.

climb down off the school roof laddie

Oh and them dukes of freedomI used to believe them
and all their rebelious vows.
The criticsthe cynicswho never understood it
where are they now?

And all the wondering and the stumbling
that goes hand in hand with change.
The yearningthe earning was it all part of learning
or am I still the same?

Only a boy
laughing aloud
quick as a shot
nobody can stop.
Only a boy
plans of his own
leaving his home
knows where he s going
only a boy.

only a boy
only a boy
only a boyha haoh

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