What a Good Boy

When I was born, they looked at me and said

What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy

And when you were born, they looked at you and said

What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl

Got these chains hangin' around our necks

People wanna strangle us with them

Before we take our first breath

Afraid of change, afraid of stayin' the same

When temptation calls we just look away

This name is the hair shirt I wear

And this hair shirt is woven from your brown hair

This song is the cross that I bear

Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me

Be with me tonight

I know that it isn't right

But be with me tonight

Go to school, I write exams

If I pass, if I fail, if I drop out

Does anyone give a damn?

And if they do, they'll soon forget

'Cause it won't take much for me to show my life ain't over yet

Wake up scared, I wake up strange

I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever gonna change

I wake up scared, I wake up strange

And everything around me stays the same

It's the hair shirt I wear

And this hair shirt is woven from

It's woven from your brown hair

This song is the cross that I bear

Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me

Be with me tonight

I know that it isn't right

But be with me tonight

I couldn't tell you I was wrong

Chickened out, grabbed a pen and a paper

Sat down and I wrote this song

I couldn't tell you that you were right

So instead I looked in the mirror, I watched TV, laid awake all night

We've got these chains hangin' around our necks

People wanna strangle us with them

Before we take our first breath

Afraid of change, afraid of stayin' the same

When temptation calls, yeah

This name is the hair shirt I wear

And this hair shirt is woven from

It's woven from, it's woven from hair

This song is the cross that I bear

Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me

Be with me tonight

And when I was born they looked at me and said

What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy

And when you were born, they looked at you and said

What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl, yeah, yeah