Be A Boy

When you're young, you hope to be

Menacing, in vanity

Six feet tall

Maybe more

Bigger now, than before

They said it was leavin' me

The magic was leavin' me

I don't think so

I don't think so

They said it was leavin'

And they said it with joy

Now I can make this last forever

And be a boy

And be a boy

When you're young, you hope to see

Them carve your name

Into the street

And bounce your words

Of satellites

That keep the wasted

Up tonight

They said it was leavin' me

The magic was leavin' me

I don't think so

I don't think so

They said it was leaving

They said it with joy

Now I can 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

And be a boy

They said it was leavin' me

The magic was leavin' me

I don't think so

I don't think so

All of us are gonna be someone

You time has come but now it's gone

You time did come but now it's gone

It takes a big man to be someone

All the boys are gonna be someone

Your time did come but now it's gone

Your time did come but now it's gone

It takes a big man to be someone

I'm half your age and lived twice your life

And I own the streets that you walk tonight

The did come but now it's gone

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

Your time did come but it's long gone

It takes a big man to be someone