Blue Boy

CHEAP HOTEL She made her getaway when he stepped out She took the kids and drove far from their house She told them this is our home for now God bless this cheap hotel When he'd be sweet to her, they'd talk for hours Then he'd lay right into her then

Blue Boy, that's what they call me 'Cause I'm so lonely, since I lost you Blue Boy, I'm known as Blue Boy You've found a new boy and now we're through I had a twinkle in my eye When our sweet love was new Now all I do is moan and cry And hunger after

When he spoke she smiled in all the right places In her smile he saw the poison she tasted She wasn't listening to the sweet words He wasn't listening to her lying tongue He was listening to the words being sung By the blue boy Friends told him of he

Blue boy, worried about the world's eyes Worried every time the sun shines Worried about his haircut Calm down, sweetheart, grow up Blue boy [x4] Blue boy, older than the world knows Honey, that's the way that life goes No use acting so tough Come do

Lady called the blue boy, love, She took him home Made himself an idol, yes, So he turned to stone Like a pilgrim she travelled Ta place her flowers Before his granite grace And she prayed aloud for love To waken in his face In his face, oh Sometimes