Lyrics

WHEN I WAS A BOY

Jumpers for goalposts the smell of cut grass
Stickers and cards of chewing gum stars
When I was a boy

Johnny and I on the floor of our room
Forty fives on and we're singing along
To the drug and the love songs.

I spent my whole life lovin' you girl
Won't you say you love me too

But hear me, you deceived me
My heroes they die and they leave me
To carry on.But the words linger on
Bringing me back to childhood days when
You sang for us the whole world sang.

Toy guns and hats and the smell of spent caps
Airfix displays plastic soldiers in waves
The soundtrack your drug and your love songs.