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Only A Boy

This version of Only A Boy was released by Rod Stewart in 1981.

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Single file in the girls corridor
Come along, Stewart laddie!

Stewart boy, you’ll never be much,
’cause you’re too busy acting the fool.
Thank you Sir for them few kind words,
on my last day of school.

Oh, but my mama said, I could be a success,
if I’d only get myself out of bed.
Words of wisdom, but I wasn’t list’ning,
I had plans in my head.

Only a boy,
trying it on,
coming on strong,
restless to roam,
only a boy,
silly and proud,
reckless and loud,
impressing the crowd,
only a boy.

Rock’n’ Roll was in my brain,
Eddie Cochrane running through my brain.
Skin tight trousers in council houses,
the unemployment exchange.

The blues I played were Mississippi made
and ev’ry Friday night I’d fall in love.
Football fields and teenage pills
nothing’s enough.

Only a boy,
dressing to kill,
passion to spill,
hand in the till.
Only a boy,
slipping it in,
thin as a pin,
chasing a dream,
only a boy.

climb down off the school roof laddie

Oh and them dukes of freedom, I used to believe them,
and all their rebelious vows.
The critics, the cynics, who never understood it,
where are they now?

And all the wondering and the stumbling
that goes hand in hand with change.
The yearning, the earning was it all part of learning,
or am I still the same?

Only a boy
laughing aloud,
quick as a shot,
nobody can stop.
Only a boy,
plans of his own,
leaving his home,
knows where he’s going,
only a boy.

only a boy,
only a boy,
only a boy, ha ha, oh

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Rod Stewart has released many songs over the years besides Only A Boy. Rod Stewart released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, Atlantic Crossing, A Night On The Town, Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Blondes Have More Fun, Foolish Behavior, Tonight I'm Yours, Body Wishes, Camouflage, Every Beat Of My Heart, Out Of Order, Vagabond Heart, Lead Vocalist, Unplugged... And Seated, A Spanner In The Works, If We Fall In Love Tonight, When We Were The New Boys, Human, It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook, Stardust...The Great American Songbook: Volume III, and Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook: Volume IV. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rod Stewart.

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