Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Big Boys, artist - Elvis Costello.
Date of issue: 04.01.1979
Song language: English
Big Boys |
I am starting to function |
In the usual way |
Everything is so provocative |
Very, very temporary |
I shall walk (I shall walk) |
Out of this place (out of this place) |
I shall walk out on you |
'Cause you go silly |
If she’s willing |
Trying so hard to be like the big boys |
So you take her to the pictures |
Trying to become a fixture |
Inch by inch, trying to reach her |
All the way through the second feature |
Worrying about your physical fitness |
Tell me how you got this sickness |
I was caught in the suction |
By a face like a truncheon |
I was down upon one knee |
Stroking her vanity |
I was stuck on a hammerhead |
I came alive and left for dead |
As my face returned to red |
Choking on my pride and pity |
We can talk (we can talk) |
Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue) |
We can talk but she’ll get to you |
After you’ve been loved and hated |
By the ones you’ve watched and waited |
Found that they were overrated |
She’ll be the one — when the party’s over |
She’ll be the one — when the girls have gone home |
She’ll be the one — that you’ll wish you’d held onto |
She’ll be the one — but it’s too late for you to |
She’ll be the one — who knows all your history |
She’ll be the one — so you can cross her off your list |
And you try so hard |
And you try so hard |
And you try so hard to be like the big boys |