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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
Big Boys (demo)
EI am starting to function
In the usual way
Everything is so provocative
Very very, temporary
EI shall walk (I shall walk)
Out of this place (out of this place)
I shall walk
Out on Ayou
'Cause you go silly
If she's willing
Trying Bso Ahard to be like the Ebig boys
GSo you take her to the pictures
EmTrying to become a fixture
GInch by inch trying to reach her
EmAll the way through the second feature
CWorrying about your Dphysical fitness
CTell me how you Dgot this sickness, AOh ohhhh..E  
EI was caught in the suction
By a face like a truncheon
I was down upon one knee
Stroking her vanity
EI was stuck on a hammerhead
I came alive and left for dead
As my face returned to red
Choking on my pride and pity
EWe can talk (we can talk)
Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue)
We can talk but she'll get to Ayou
After you've been loved and hated
By the ones you've watched and waited
Found that they were overrated
BShe'll be the Eone - when the party's Aover
BShe'll be the Eone - when the girls have Agone home
BShe'll be the Eone - that you'll wish you'd helAd onto
BShe'll be the Eone - but it's too Alate for you to
BShe'll be the Eone - who knows all your Ahistory
BShe'll be the Eone -
So you can cross her off your Alist
And you try Bso Ahard
And you try Bso Ahard
And you try Bso Ahard
To be like the Ebig boys

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Big Boys

by Elvis Costello

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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:16:47 -0400 (EDT)

Big Boys (demo)

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

B A E

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

C D

Worrying about your physical fitness

C D A E

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 ('til 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

B E A

She'll be the one - when the party's over

B E A

She'll be the one - when the girls have gone home

B E A

She'll be the one - that you'll wish you'd held onto

B E A

She'll be the one - but it's too late for you to

B E A

She'll be the one - who knows all your history

B E

She'll be the one -

So you can cross her off your list

B A

And you try so hard

B A

And you try so hard

B A

And you try so hard

To be like the big boys

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