Broken Boy Soldier

Album: Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Charted: 22
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  • I'm pulling my questions from my shelf
    I'm asking forgiveness
    I ain't asking nobody but myself
    And I want you to know this
    And I want you to know this

    You're rifling through a bunch of toys
    That were handed down to me
    Just take all the ones you want and then
    Give the rest to my family

    I'm gonna go back to school today
    But I'm dropping myself off
    I'm throwing the childhood scenes away
    I'm through ripping myself off
    I'm done ripping myself off

    Well I'm child and man and child again
    The toy broken boy soldier

    I'm child and man and child again
    The boy never gets older
    The boy never gets older
    The boy never gets older
    The boy never gets older
    The boy never gets older
    Never gets older

    The boy broken toy soldier
    The boy, the boy Writer/s: Brendan Benson, Jack White
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Mad Rex from MinnyThis song reminds me of the German film The Tin Drum. Oskar, the main character, is a boy who doesn't grow older.
  • Alex from Hometown, PaI felt like the song was making growing up seem negative, contrary to what Jack said in that magazine quote..
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