Boy - Ian Hunter: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Boy

1,580

Rock

Boy was released on January 1, 1975 by Columbia as a part of the album Ian Hunter

Song Details

AlbumIan Hunter

Release DateJanuary 1, 1975

LabelColumbia

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM59

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ian Hunter

Vocals

Geoff Appleby

Harmony Vocals

M. Ronson

Lead Guitar

Dennis Elliott

Drums

Pete Arnesen

Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ian Hunter

Songwriter

Mick Ronson

Songwriter

M. Ronson

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ian Hunter

Producer

M. Ronson

Producer

Bill Price

Engineer

Jon Kelly

Assistant Engineer

Shawn Milligan

Assistant Engineer

Mike Sellers

Assistant Engineer

Gary Edwards

Assistant Engineer

Pete Henderson

Assistant Engineer

Mike Stafford

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme

After all, you're still quite small

You don't know where you've been

You was only swearing yesterday

Oh, you wanna win the world away

But now you got nothing to say

[Verse 2]

Boy, you're getting out of hand

You've got to make a stand

So put the coke away

Boy, you got to do the show

Got to let the people know

You got the strength to stay

[Verse 3]

I can see you run, I can see you hide

Oh, your heart is achin'

Lost in a dream of what might have been

You're the guide, you're the number one

And your knees are shakin'

Stand and deliver in an endless dream

[Verse 4]

Schizophrenic, photogenic, aggravates me so

Only yes-men have a guess, man, watch the spirit go

Batman zips the monster as he bleeds

And gets off on the buzz he needs

And a kid on the street just reads and reads and reads

And reads and reads and reads and reads

[Verse 5]

Boy, it's them hard case city blues

Cagney is the news

Does "The Giant" ring a bell?

Boy, it's the Hudson-East River cruise

It's the Empire State of booze

Oh, you know the story well

[Verse 6]

Do you have to run? Do you have to hide?

There's a new tomorrow

Yes, you're a mess, but you're more than less

When this battle's won, you can look inside

All you did not borrow

Yes, you're the best, but you still can't rest

[Verse 7]

You know, you know

The carnival is closed

Your streets are lined with ghosts

But a princess don't look back

Don't look back, don't look round

Your vision is your fight

Through the long, electric nights

When a woman helps you write

[Verse 8]

Ah, na, na, na

Oh, na, na, na

Na

Na, na, na

Na, na, na

[Verse 9]

Cheer up, mate, put the dramas in the past

See, you did not have to fast

Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts

And lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts

[Verse 10]

Boy, if you'e got an axe to grind

Be thankful for this time

For it gives you what you need

Boy, you've got and eighty-eight to play

It'll tell you what to say

It'll tell you when to breathe

[Verse 11]

Boy, take a turnpike headin' west

Turn the people on to Beau Geste

'Cause that's what you did the best

Boy, play the pipes till they're old and worn

Sing the words till they fall forlorn

Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet

[Verse 12]

Boy, don't let the old get in your face

It's a middle age displaced

It's the middle age, the snide

Boy, we're a million miles away

And to think it's so in vain

Take a chance on a one-way ride

[Verse 13]

Boy, shoot a rocket clean outta your mind

Oh, these people ain't your kind

No, they ain't your kind at all

Boy, shoot a rocket clean outta your brain

No, these people ain't the same

You can hear another call

[Verse 14]

Boy, the elements talk, but no

They don't show us how to grow

They only show us how to win

Hey, boy, the secret's in the bicycle shed

Ain't no secrets now they're dead

To seek a mortal sin

[Verse 15]

Hey, you know, boy, let your madness be the clue

(Madness, madness, madness, madness)

(Madness, madness, madness, madness)

(Madness, madness, madness, madness)

Written by: Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson

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