Be A Boy

Album: Take The Crown (2012)
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  • When you’re young you hope to be
    Menacing in vanity
    6 feet tall, maybe more
    Bigger now than before

    They said it was leaving me
    The magic was leaving me
    I don’t think so
    I don’t think so

    They said it was leaving
    They said it went on
    Now I could make this last forever
    And be a boy, and be a boy

    When you’re young you hope to see
    And carve your name into the street
    Bout your words of satellites
    That keep the wasted up tonight

    They said it was leaving me
    The magic was leaving me
    I don’t think so
    I don’t think so

    They said it was leaving
    They said it went on
    Now I could make this last forever
    And be a boy, and be a boy

    There’s safety in the jungle
    If you treat it like a toy
    Make sure you talk to strangers
    And be a boy, and be a boy

    Be a boy

    They said it was leaving me
    The magic was leaving me
    I don’t think so
    I don’t think so

    All of the boys are gonna be someone
    The time you caught but it was gone
    The time you caught but it was gone
    It takes a big man to be someone

    All of the boys are gonna be someone
    The time you caught but it was gone
    The time you caught but it was gone
    It takes a big man to be someone

    I’m half your age and lived twice your life
    And hide on streets, you walk tonight
    The time you caught but it’s not mine
    It takes a big man to be someone

    I’m half your age and lived twice your life
    And I don’t sleep alone tonight
    The time you caught but it’s not mine
    It takes a big man to be someone Writer/s: FLYNN FRANCIS, ROBERT PETER WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY GRANT METCALFE
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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