lonely boy

He was born on a summer day, 1951
And with a slap of a hand, he had landed as an only son
His mother and father said, 'What a lovely boy
Well teach him what we learned , ah, yes, just what we learned
Well dress him up warmly, and well send him to school
Itll teach him how to fight, to be nobodys fool'
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy

In the summer of 53, his mother brought him a sister
And she told him, 'We must attend to her needs
Shes 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 their only son
He thought he was their only one
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy

Goodbye mama, goodbye to you
Goodbye papa Im pushing on through
He left home on a winter day 1969
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 nobodys fool

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh what a lonely boy
Oh what a lonely boy
Oh, oh, oh, oh what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy