Текст (слова) песни: Barenaked Ladies - What A Good Boy

 
Words by Steven Page 
Music by Steven Page & Ed Robertson 
When I was born they looked at me and said 
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy 
And when you were born they looked at you and said 
What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl 
 
We`ve got these chains that hang around our necks 
People want to strangle us with them before we take our 
first breath 
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same 
When temptation calls we just look away 
 
Chorus 
This name is the hairshirt I wear 
And this hairshirt is woven from your brown hair 
This song is the cross that I bear 
Bear it with me, bear with me, bear with me 
Be with me tonight 
I know that it isn`t right 
But be with me tonight 
 
I go to school, I write exams 
If I pass, if I fail, if I drop out, does anyone give a damn? 
And if they do, they`ll soon forget 
`Cause it won`t take much for me to show that my life ain`t 
over yet 
 
I wake up scared, I wake up strange 
I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever going to 
change 
I wake up scared, I wake up strange 
And everything around me stays the same 
 
Chorus 
 
I couldn`t tell you that I was wrong 
Chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, sat down and I 
wrote this song 
I couldn`t tell you that you were right 
So instead I looked in the mirror watched tv laid awake all 
night 
 
We`ve got these chains that hang around our necks 
People want to strangle us with them before we take our 
first breath 
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same 
When temptation calls.... 
 
Chorus 
 
When I was born they looked at me and said 
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy 
And when you were born they looked at you and said 
What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey 
 
Andy Creeggan: Organ, piano 
Jim Creeggan: Double Bass 
Steven Page: Guitar, Lead vocal 
Ed Robertson: Guitars, vocals 
Tyler Stewart: Drums
 

Другие песни Barenaked Ladies :

A
A Message to You, Rudy
A Spider In My Room
Alcohol
Alternative Girlfriend
Am I The Only One?
Baby Seat
Back
Ballad of Gordon, The
Be My Yoko Ono
Blame It On Me
Box Set
Break Your Heart
Brian Wilson
Burned
Call And Answer
Call Me Calmly
Couldn`t Care Less
Crazy
Don`t Really Know
Enid
Everything Old Is New Again
Falling For The First Time
Fight the Power
Get in Line
Govatsos Shuffle
Grade 9
Great Provider
Grim Grinning Ghosts
Having a Baby
Helicopters
Hello City
I Know
I Live With It Everyday
I Love You
If I Had A $1000000
In The Car
In The Drink
Intermittently
It`s All Been Done
It`s Christmastime (Oh Yeah)
I`ll Be That Girl
Jane
Just A Toy
Leave
Life, In A Nutshell
Light Up My Room
Lilac Girl
Little Tiny Song
Long Way Back Home
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
McDonalds Girl
Never Is Enough
New Kid (on The Block)
Night Photographs
Off The Hook
Old Apartment
One Week
Psycho Killer
Roadrunner
Same Thing
She`s On Time
Shoebox
Some Fantastic (ivory And Ivory)
Stomach Vs. Heart
Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hank
The Flag
The King Of Bedside Manor
These Apples
This Is It
This Is Where It Ends
Told You So
Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At Th
Too Little Too Late
Trouble with Tracy
Trust Me
Uncle Elwyn
What A Good Boy
When I Fall
When You Dream
Who Needs Sleep?
Wishing Well
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
You Will Be Waiting