Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

LONELY BOYAndrew GoldHe was born on a summer day 1951And with a slap of a hand He landed as an only sonHis mother and father said what a lovely boyWe'll teach him what we learned Ah yes just what we learnedWe'll dress him up warmly and We'll send him to schoolIt'll teach him how to fight To be nobody's foolOh what a lonely boyOh what a lonely boyOh what a lonely boyIn the summer of '53 his mother Brought him a sister And she told him we must attend to her needsShe's so much younger than youWell he ran down the hall and he criedOh how could his parents have lied When they said he was an only sonHe thought he was the only one Oh what a lonely boyOh what a lonely boyOh what a lonely boyGoodbye mama, goodbye to youGoodbye papa I'm pushing on throughHe left home on a winter day 1969And he hoped to find all the love He had lost in that earlier timeWell his sister grew up And she married a manHe gave her a sonAh yes a lovely sonThey dressed him up warmlyThey sent him to schoolIt taught him how to fight To be nobody's foolOh what a lonely boyOh what a lonely boyOh what a lonely boy