Boys Will Be Boys Lyrics

When I was a little boy, I would line end to end down the hallway my toys

Most other kids would run through adjacent backyards in the late summer sun

An age that can be so unkind, nothing left undefined

You're ahead or behind

At sixteen, he came into frame

A new player in the game

We traded screen names

September breeze, and we're flying from swing sets

We laugh on the phone, and we sing in my car

We trade our best thoughts, no take-backs allowed

It's my senior year, so

On his mark, get set, go

And boys will be boys

Running fast as they can

When the last summer storm had dried, we began carving plans in the sands of low tide

Selecting a college town, we drank the rest of our lives and we giggled it down

The levels got harder and still, we were racing downhill

HIs promise, my will

Surprised that we made it this far

On a cannonball star

No one knows where we are

It was chilly and dim when I first said I loved him

He said 'I love you too,' and I told him, 'I know'

The treasure was struck, or the hunted was felled

Knock the first domino

In a single-take show

Where boys will be boys

Running fast as they can

A predecessor of mine was better known as electricice79

Starting changing the moment when he said 'I don't want to talk to you ever again'

Police wrote out rules that were plain, stay away, don't explain

Stop spreading the stain

I made my way back to before

Watching waves climb the shore

And erased my high score

A decade has passed since that morning came breaking

I set out for gold and found sand in his eyes

My hand on his heart, his breath on my braces

Trap the fox, cage the hound

In this unmarked battleground

Where boys will be boys

Running fast as they can