how to be a boy

by Joe Trickey

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Someone pull the safety cord
The engine in my head is pretty tired
and I could do with a replacement

How do you get through the day
without the ceiling filling up your frames
and all the things you've said repeating?

I think I need a jump start
'cause I don't think my legs are up to scratch
and all those pavements look alarming

Take me somewhere flowers grow
Somewhere under stars and by the sea
we'll light a fire and watch it breathe

Do you know, do you know how to be a boy?
Do you know what to do? Do you know how to choose?

I need a manual override
'cause heaven knows I've tried and tried and tried
to change my mind but it is frozen

I'm sick of looking through the glass
behind your eyes to find the pilot light of love
it's all I need to see

Do you know, do you know how to be a boy?
Do you know what to do? Do you know how to choose?

Do you know how to be a boy
in the 21st century? All this life is killing me
Do you know, do you know how to be a boy?
I once thought I knew, I don't have a clue.

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released July 9, 2019
Written, recorded and mixed by Joe Trickey
Guitar by Jack Pilkington

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