Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Lonely Boy

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Lonely Boy was released on January 1, 1976 by Rhino/Elektra as a part of the album What's Wrong With This Picture?

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Andrew Gold

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Andrew Gold

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

He was born on a summer day, 1951

And with a slap of a hand, he had landed as an only son

[PreChorus]

His mother and father said, "What a lovely boy"

"We'll teach him what we learned, ah, yes, just what we learned"

"We'll dress him up warmly and we'll send him to school"

"It'll teach him how to fight, to be nobody's fool"

[Chorus]

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

[Verse 2]

In the summer of '53, his mother brought him a sister

And she told him, "We must attend to her needs"

"She's so much younger than you"

[PreChorus]

Well, he ran down the hall and he cried

Oh, how could his parents have lied?

When they said he was their only son

He thought he was their only one

[Chorus]

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

[Bridge]

Goodbye, Mama

Goodbye, you

Goodbye, Papa

I'm pushing on through

[Verse 3]

He left home on a winter day, 1969

And he hoped to find all the love he had lost in that earlier time

[PreChorus]

Well, his sister grew up and she married a man

He gave her a son, ah, yes, a lovely son

They dressed him up warmly, they sent him to school

It taught him how to fight, to be nobody's fool

[Chorus]

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

[Chorus]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

Oh, what a lonely boy

Written by: Andrew Gold

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