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Correct When I Was A Boy Lyrics
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Correct When I Was A Boy
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I won't forget when peter pan came to my house, took my hand I said I was a boy; I'm glad he didn't check. I learned to fly, I learned to fight I lived a whole life in one night We saved each other's lives out on the pirate's deck. And I remember that night When I'm leaving a late night with some friends And I hear somebody tell me it's not safe, someone should help me I need to find a nice man to walk me home. When I was a boy, I scared the pants off of my mom, Climbed what I could climb upon And I don't know how I survived, I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew. And you can walk me home, but I was a boy, too. I was a kid that you would like, just a small boy on her bike Riding topless, I didn't care who saw. My neighbor came outside to say "Get your shirt!" I said "No way! It's the last time, I'm not breaking any law." And now I'm in a clothing store where the sign says less is more More that's tight means more to see, more for them not more for me. That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat. When I was a boy, see that picture that was me, Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees. And I know things have gotta change, they've got pills to sell They've got implants to put in, they've got implants to remove. But I am not forgetting, that I was a boy too. And like the woods where I would creep, It's a secret I can keep Except when I'm tired, except when I'm being caught off guard. I've had a lonesome awful day, the conversation finds it's way To catching fireflys out in the backyard. So I tell the man I'm with about the other life I lived And I say 'Now you're top gun, I have lost and you have won.' And he says "oh no, can't you see? When I was a girl, my mom and I we always talked, And I picked flowers everywhere that I walked. And I could cry all the time, now even when I'm alone, I seldom do. And I have lost some kindness But I was a girl too, And you were just like me And I was just like you."
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