HE WAS BORN ON A SUMMER DAY
NINETEEN-FIFTY-ONE
AND WITH A 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
OH, 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 FIFTY-THREE
HIS MOTHER
BROUGHT HIM A SISTER
AND 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 THEIR ONLY SON
HE THOUGHT
HE WAS THEIR ONLY ONE
OH...
OH, WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH, WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH, WHAT A LONELY BOY
GOODBYE, MAMA
GOODBYE, YOU
GOODBYE, PAPA
I'M PUSHIN' ON THROUGH
HE LEFT HOME ON A WINTER DAY
NINETEEN-SIXTY-NINE
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
OH, 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
WOAH-WOAH-WOAH
OH, WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH, WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH, WHAT A LONELY BOY