HE WAS BORN
ON A SUMMER DAY
IN NINETEEN FIFTY ONE
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
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
4 BAR
BREAK
IN THE SUMMER OF
FIFTY THREE
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
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
26 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
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
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
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WOAH WOAH OH
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY
OH WHAT A LONELY BOY