Poor Boy - Split Enz

Can you believe me when I say There's nothin' I'd like better Than just to sit here and talk with you Although I'll rant and I'll rave About one thing and another The beauty of it is (hope you'll agree) Though I'm a poor boy I can still be happy As long as I can feel free So many people I know gettin' old way too early (Well, are you feelin' kind of weary) Just to impress you with the money they've made (You'd better, you'd better, you'd better change your theory) One drop of rain they complain And it's the same about the wage they're earnin' Well that is not the way I'm gonna be Don't mind the rain Don't mind snow Don't mind nothin' If I know You will be right here with me Well let us state our only point of view Why can't we all afford to live like you This simple life is simply not enough We have appearances we must keep up Poor boy If that's the way it's gotta be (Poor boy) It's you for you and me for me I try all I can understanding all the fools And all their money When half of what they got You know they never will use Enough to get by suits me fine I don't care if they think I'm funny I'm never gonna change my point of view Don't mind the rain Don't mind snow Don't mind nothin' If I know You will be right here with me Always, na, na, na Don't mind the rain Don't mind snow Don't mind nothin' If I know You will be right here with me

Sun down big city And all my money is gone Sun down and i'm thinkin' Back to where i used to call home Every blowhard barjockey In every town i ever knew Said if you play hard You get lucky It ain't necessarily true I'm a poorboy, big city Smalltown used to be home Poorboy, big city I've never been so all alone One time i had all the good lovin' Of a young girl in my hand I left town and never stopped runnin' Never stopped to understand Seeking unknown sensations And every new sight to be seen Took a greyhound to penn station To follow some impossible dream Now for all you sum' bitches Dreamin' out the back o' some mall Thinking somewhere else it all happens Well it dont happen at all I get by the best that i'm able Long as i'm getting stoned Got the whole world coming at me on cable I've never been so all alone

They call me Poor Boy, oh you let me down Oh they call me Poor Boy, you know it let me down You know that I love you But you let me down You wrote and told me, you never been in love before You know you wrote and told me, you never been in love before You know that I love you baby I've never been in love before . You called me Poor Boy, and you let me down I heard you call me Poor Boy, you know you let me down You know that I love you baby But you bring your body down. (Solo) Oh you called me Poor Boy You know you let me down Yeah you called me Poor Boy You know you let me down Know that I love you But your skin is brown. You told me that I love you Ah you called me Poor Boy Yeah you called me Poor Boy And you let me down You know that I love you 'Cause your skin is BROWN .

Tellin' you to shut your mouth Truth tellin' will never help Pick up your head and smile pretty, girl 'Cause there's a lot of water, and a lot of world Push it under and gimme that twirl Silence is the perfect sound For the man that tried to Hold you down Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Tellin' you to close your eyes Just keep your secrets in your thighs One in three and one in five Guess I'm lucky I'm still alive 'Cause people come, try to stain your life Silence is the perfect noise For the one they love to call Poor boy Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? These girls are coming for you! Poor boy What you gonna do? Us girls are coming for you!

Do I Want You? Yes I Do Do I Need You? Baby You Know It's True But I Ain't Got Nothin' That You Can Use So I'm Sittin' On My Own Here, With These Poor Boy Blues One Day, Baby, You Will See You're Gonna Give All Your Love To Me I'm The One, Babe, That You're Gonna Choose But In The Meantime, I Got These Poor Boy Blues Pick It Son, Pick It Nice Things Won't Always Be The Same Someday Soon, Everything Will Change You'll Tell Your Mama Her Baby's Got Good News But Until Then, Well, I Got These Poor Boy Blues

I went out to see if I could fall in love again That was my mistake That was my mistake I went out to see if I could raise a laugh again That was my mistake That was my mistake When all I needed was a friend To make me stop and think again To pull me up and pull me through Tally ho, your health my dear I went out to see if I could live forgotten days That was my mistake That was my mistake One by one I counted all those happiest of days Yeah, that was my mistake Why, that was my mistake What's gone is gone, sweet memories Don't let them get the best of me No more lost in history No more lost for love All I needed was a friend To make me stop and think again The call to arms is loud and clear Tally ho, your health my dear I went out to see if I could fall in love again Yeah, that was my mistake Why, that was my mistake One by one I counted all those happiest of days Yeah, that was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake That was my mistake

Home to sweet home, it just occurred to me To be on my own, in search of bitter treats I get so removed but you never notice it Step in my shoes, you'll see that I don't fit I walk home the wrong way Hoping I'll go astray I'd like to be a missing person Eyes open wide, but all I see is black You thought I was alright, just wait till you get back There'll be no one home, and they'll stay up all night Everyone I know, I'm wishing you goodnight I walk home the wrong way Hoping I'll go astray I'd like to be a missing person I wander the highways Asleep in your doorways I'm wanted, but I'm a missing person And I fly by night, fighting to get away On the neon lights I slip down alley ways Only safe and sound when silence brings a chill Now my back is turned, I know I can't stand still I walk home the wrong way This time I'll go astray I'd like to be a missing home I wander the highways Asleep in your doorways I'm wanted, but I'm a missing person