Boy At the Window

Ooh-ooh-oh-ah, ah, oh-ah

She was wearing shocking pink and jewelry of gold

Papa said, "Son, isn't she fine?"

Fine

Knew he would be out all night, though son is only nine years old

This is how he's forced to spend his time

Looking out his window into someone else's home

Watching mother, father, child at play

Play

Wishing he could be a part but it's too hard to forget he's alone, oh-oh

A typical day

The boy at the window, one more forgotten son

Ah, looking to the corner to see what he'll become

The boy at the window, if he's still sitting there

Still sitting there

Are you even gonna care?

Papa always tells his son

"Keep sitting at your window

Don't end up like me, watch from above, you can't go wrong"

More and more, son's thinking won't be too far but I must go in his eyes

Eyes

The corner is the only place he can belong

Oh

Son is smart enough to see it won't make him somebody

It's better than living with the hypocrisies above

No more smelling hoes and liquor on the breath of daddy

Rather smell it on the breath of brothers he don't know

The boy at the window, one more forgotten son

Ah, looking to the corner to see what he'll become

The boy at the window, if he's still sitting there

Still sitting there

Are you even gonna care?

Remember when the boy was young and untouched?

Happy with his window view, but look, it's not enough

His dreams, it seems

His dreams are in the gutter and now he's just a number

All because he wanted to belong

All because he wanted to belong, ah

So he learned to play the role of hustler with no feelings

Thinking, "They'll accept me if I prove that I'm real hard"

Now he's learning firsthand of the word and its true meaning

The window he looks out of now includes wrought iron bars

The boy at the window, one more forgotten son

Ah, he looked to the corner, and look what he's become

The boy at the window, if he's still sitting there

Still sitting there

Are you even gonna care?

The boy at the window, one more forgotten son

Ah, looking to the corner to see what he'll become

The boy at the window, if he's still sitting there

Still sitting there

Are you even gonna care?

Are you even gonna?

Gonna care?

Still sitting there

Still sitting there

Gonna care, gonna care, gonna care

Gonna care, yeah, yeah

See what he'll become

Gonna care

Still sitting there

Oh-yeah