WHEN I WAS A BOY (Joey Molland)
[from This Way Up CD - recorded 1998-2000 - released U.S. 2001]

Never thought it would come to this
'Bye without a kiss
Never thought I could be so cold
Liberace was out of style
Children were running wild, taking over
White rabbits and voodoo child

I thought we made the journey
Last a million years
Seen the world a-turnin'
Grinding up the gears

Once in a million years
A comet flies by Venus
That's all we have between us

Peter Rabbit and gurus, and Lulus
And you lose everything

I thought we made the turning
Walked a crooked mile
Seen the world a-turnin'
Busted up inside

When I was a boy
Everything was brighter
When I was a boy
Everything was tighter
Everything was brighter
Everything was lighter
Oooh

[guitar solo]

So we made the journey
Walked a crooked mile
Saw the world a-turnin'
Busted up inside

When I was a boy
Everything was brighter
When I was a boy
Everything was tighter
Everything was lighter
Everything was brighter
Oooh

Everything was lighter
Everything was tighter
Everything was brighter
Oooh
[sings a bit from "On Broadway"]

lyrics from "This Way Up" CD booklet, corrected by Tom Brennan

℗ Joekat Music (ASCAP)