He was born on a summer day, 1951
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And with the slap of a hand
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He had landed as an only son
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His mother and father said "what a lovely boy"
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We'll teach him what we learned
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Ah yes, just what we learned
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We'll dress him up warmly and
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We'll send him to school
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It'll teach him how to fight
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To be nobody's fool
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Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, what a lonely boy
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In the summer of '53 his mother
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Brought him a sister
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But she told him "we must attend to her needs"
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"She's so much younger than you"
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Well, he ran down the hall and he cried
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Oh, how could his parents have lied
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When they said he was an only son
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He thought he was the only one
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Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, what a lonely boy
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[Instrumental Interlude]
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He left home on a winter day, 1969
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And he hoped to find all the love
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He had lost in that earlier time
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Well, his sister grew up
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And she married a man
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He gave her a son
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Ah yes, a lovely son
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They dressed him up warmly
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They sent him to school
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It taught him how to fight
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To be nobody's fool
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Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, what a lonely boy
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Lonely Boy
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Andrew Gold |