Poor Boy Songtext
von Brian Eno & David Byrne

A truck parked this morning
Outside the grocery store
Friends face the future
They′re wearin' summer clothes

Great cosmic forces, like fallin′ dominoes
I love talking funny, it's the only song I know

Sweet smart and sexy
The day my life began
Burnt out and damaged
I dragged my body home

This slice is runny, it's dripping down my clothes
And flies stick to honey, it′s the only game they know


Poor boy - I walk into the river in my hat and shoes
Poor boy - I′m sittin' at the table with a knife and spoon

Live fast die happy
Don′t let your panties show
They trust market forces
It's the only song they know

So come and rock my soul where sin and sorry lie
White horses carry me on to the other side

Poor boy - I′m living in a country where my thoughts are cold
Poor boy - I'm waiting for the harvest of the seeds I sow

A flower in the night with thoughts of days gone
I′ve got to ring that bell and I'll be satisfied

Poor boy - I'm wearing silver slippers and a long white gown
Poor boy - I picture in my mind the day the walls come down


Poor Boy - I′m living in a country where I′m never free
Poor Boy - I'm writing down the names of all the things I see