Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Big Boys , by - Elvis Costello. Release date: 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 |