If there was ever a song to describe my life, this would be the one. I heard it alot in my youth, and the words rang so true, and despite the dates, it's almost like I am the kid/man in the song.
Lonely Boy
By Andrew Gold
He was born on a summer day, 1951
And with the slap of a hand
He had landed as an only son
His mother and father said "what a lovely boy"
We'll teach him what we learned
Ah yes, just what we learned
We'll dress him up warmly and
We'll send him to school
It'll teach him how to fight
To be nobody's fool
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
In the summer of '53 his mother
Brought him a sister
But she told him "we must attend to her needs"
"She's so much younger than you"
Well, he ran down the hall and he cried
Oh, how could his parents have lied
When they said he was an only son
He thought he was the only one
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
[Instrumental Interlude]
He left home on a winter day, 1969
And he hoped to find all the love
He had lost in that earlier time
Well, his sister grew up
And she married a man
He gave her a son
Ah yes, a lovely son
They dressed him up warmly
They sent him to school
It taught him how to fight
To be nobody's fool
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Yep...that's the one. If you've never heard it, try to find it. It's a catchy song, and the LP version is much better than the single. You can hear Andrew's nice little guitar solo in it.
I still soldier on in this tunnel of darkness...but there's a light down there somewhere....somewhere....somewhere
1 comment:
I know this blog is a little old, but strange that I was searching for this song and your blog came up after I was listening to the song after I found it on limewire.
Cheesy as it is, I'm right there with you dude. It means the same to me and I remember singing it to my transistor radio to my ear when I was a kid ... brings back not so good memories, but sometimes you gotta go back there to appreciate what you have now. I'm ok now, 45 and single, likely thats how life is just meant to be and Im good. I'm glad you found your place in the world (or at least I can hope you did). Cheers to ya brother! - ChargerGuyWA@aol.com DENNIS, Spokane WA
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