BOY

Outubro 1980




Equipa Técnica (Technicians:)

Brian Eno



I Will Follow

I will follow...

I was on the outside when you said
You said you needed me
I was looking at myself
I was blind, I could not see

A boy tries hard to be a man
His mother takes him by his hand
If he stops to think he starts to cry
Oh why

If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway... I will follow

If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway... I will follow

I was on the inside
When they pulled the four walls down
I was looking through the window
I was lost, I am found

Walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway... I will follow
If you walkaway, walkaway,
I walkaway, walkaway... I will follow
I will follow

Your eyes make a circle
I see you when I go in there
Your eyes, your eyes...

If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway... I will follow

If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway... I will follow

I will follow
I will follow...



Twilight

I look into his eyes
They're closed but I see something
A teacher told me why
I laugh when old men cry

My body grows and grows
It frightens me you know
The old man tried to walk me home
I thought he should have known

Twilight...
Twilight, lost my way
Twilight, can't find my way

In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man

I'm running in the rain
I'm caught in a late night play
It's all; it's everything
I'm soaking through the skin

Twilight... darkened day
Twilight... lost my way
Twilight... night and day
Twilight... can't find my way

Can't find your way
Can't find my way
Can't find your way

Twilight... darkened day
Twilight... lost my way
Twilight... night and day
Twilight... can't find my way

In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man
In the shadow boy meets man



An Cat Dubh

Say goodnight
She waits for me to
Put out the light
Lay there still
She waits to break my will

Yes, if I know the truth
How 'bout you...

And in the daylight
A blackbird makes a violent sight
And when she is done
She sleeps beside the wild

Yes, if I know the truth
How 'bout you...



Into The Heart

Into the heart... of a child
I stay awhile... oh, I can go back

Into the heart... of a child
I can smile
I can go there

Into the heart
Into the heart of a child
I can go back
I can stay awhile

Into the heart...



Out Of Control

Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say how long
You say how long

It was one dull morning
Woke the world with falling
I was so sad (so sad)
It was so bad

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Boys and Girls
Go to the school and girls
They make children
Not like this one

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

(Out of control)

I fought fate
There's blood on the garden gate
The man says childhood,
It's in his childhood

One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late
You can't fight it

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control



Stories For Boys

There's a place I go
And I am far away
There's a TV show
And I can grow

Sometimes the hero takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Hello hello

There's a picture book
With colored photographs
There's a comic strip
That makes me laugh

Sometimes the lady takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Hello hello

Stories for boys... stories for boys
Stories for boys... stories for boys
Stories for boys...

There's a place I go
And it's a part of me
There's a radio
And I will crawl

Sometimes the hero takes me
Sometimes I can't let go
Hello hello

Stories for boys...



The Ocean

A picture in grey
Dorian Gray
Just me by the sea

And I felt like a star
I felt the world could go far
If they listened
To what I said

Washes my feet
Washed the feet
Splashes the soul of my shoes



A Day Without Me

Starting a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind

I'm dreaming
You're awake
If I were sleeping
What's at stake
A day without me

Whatever the feelings
I keep feeling
What are the feelings
You left behind

Today's a day without me

I started a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind

In the world I left behind
Wipe their eyes, and then let go
To the world I left behind
Share a tear, and then let go...



Another Time, Another Place

Bright morning lights
Wipe the sleep from another day's eye
Turn away from the wall
And there's nothing at all
Being naked and afraid
In the open space of my bed

I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
Real life on a cloud
Real life...

Just as I am
I awoke with a tear on my tongue
I awoke with a feeling of never before
In my sleep I discover the one
But she ran with the morning sun

I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
I'll be with you now
Real life on a cloud
Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Another child has lost the race
Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Your time, your price

Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Another child has lost...

(Palavras Alemãs|Geman Words ?!?!?)

Real life...
Another time, another place
Real life...
Your time, your price



The Electric Co.

Boy, stupid boy
Don't sit at the table
Until you're able to

Toy, broken toy
Shout shout
You're inside out

If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.

Red, running red
Play for real
The toy could fee
A hole in your head
You go in shock
You're spoon-fed

If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.

One two three four...
(Palavras Vagas|Vague Words...)

If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.
If you don't know... Electric Co.

(Mais Palavras Vagas|More Vague Words...)
Just to hear me
(Mais Palavras Vagas|More Vague Words...)
I've found me way home



Shadows And Tall Trees

Back to the cold restless streets at night
I talk to myself about tomorrow night
Walls of white protest
A gravestone in name
Who is it now
It's always the same

Who is it now
Who calls me inside
Are the leaves on the trees
Just living disguise
I walk sweet rain tragicomedy
I'll walk home again
to the street melody

But I know, oh no
But I know, oh no
But I know...

Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees

Life through a window
Discoloured pain
Mrs. Brown's washing is always the same
I walk street rain tragicomedy
I'll walk home again
To the street melody

But I know, oh no
But I know, oh no
But I know...

(Out there)

Do you feel in me...
Anything redeeming
Any worthwhile feeling
Is love like a tightrope
Hanging from the ceiling

But I know, oh no
But I know, oh no
But I know...

Shadows and Tall Trees...




11 O'Clock Tick Tock

It's cold outside
It gets so hot in here
And the boys and girls collide
To The music in my ear

Hear the children crying
And I know it's time to go
I hear the children crying
Take me home

A painted face
And I know we haven't long
We thought that we had the answers
It was the questions we had wrong

Hear the children crying
And I know it's time to go
I hear the children crying
Take me home

Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song

La lah la lah...La lah la lah...La lah lah...
La lah la lah...La lah la lah...La lah lah...
La lah la lah...La lah la lah...La lah lah...
La lah la lah...La lah la lah...La lah lah...

Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song

Call out your name
Call out in shame
Call out your name
Call out
You better call out
Call, call, call out