Elvis Costello - Big Boys Lyrics

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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, Oh ohhhh.. 

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 (till 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, oh.

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lyrics submitted on 04-06-2005
lyrics corrected on 04-06-2005