Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy

Album: Blunderbuss (2012)
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  • When I get into the game
    But it's always the same
    I'm the man with the name
    Hip Eponymous poor boy, poor boy
    Call me whatever you may
    I ain't stoppin' the train
    I got a pill for the pain
    Hip Eponymous poor boy, poor boy

    And I know
    That I can't defeat you
    Yeah but you don't worry now
    I ain't going to preach to you
    Well, there ya go
    But I'll be going right there with you
    Yeah wherever you'll be
    You'll be lookin' at me

    But don't get out of your chair
    Or put a bow in your hair
    You might be makin' 'em stare
    So leave the care to the poor boy, the poor boy
    And that's the name of the game
    Keep on stayin' the same
    Ain't nobody to blame
    Nobody but the poor boy, the poor boy

    Well okay
    So you fell asleep today
    What's funny to me though
    Is that you did that yesterday
    You might think I'm mad
    Doing all the things that I don't need to do
    But while you're laughing at me
    Well I'll be laughing at you

    So I get into the game
    But always keep it the same
    And I'll be usin' your name
    But they'll be yellin' at me "poor boy, poor boy"
    But I'll be happy for you
    'Cause you got nothin' to do
    And I'll be singin' the blues
    Walkin' around singin' "poor boy, poor boy"

    Sometimes
    A cold shiver comes over me
    And it turns me on
    When the song takes over me
    But alright
    I can't fight it the odds are against me
    But I can't sit still
    Because I know that I will

    And you'll be watching me girl
    Takin' over the world
    Let the stripes unfurl
    Gettin' rich singin' "poor boy, poor boy"
    And I'll be comin' to play
    I do it every day
    And the title will stay
    Hip Eponymous poor boy, poor boy
    Yeah Writer/s: John Anthony White
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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