I won't forget when peter pan came to my house, took my hand
I said I was a boy; I'm glad he didn't check.
I learned to fly, I learned to fight
I lived a whole life in one night
We saved each other's lives out on the pirate's deck.
And I remember that night
When I'm leaving a late night with some friends
And I hear somebody tell me it's not safe, someone should help me
I need to find a nice man to walk me home.
When I was a boy, I scared the pants off of my mom,
Climbed what I could climb upon
And I don't know how I survived,
I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew.
And you can walk me home, but I was a boy, too.
I was a kid that you would like, just a small boy on her bike
Riding topless, I didn't care who saw.
My neighbor came outside to say Get your shirt!
I said No way! It's the last time, I'm not breaking any law.
And now I'm in a clothing store where the sign says less is more
More that's tight means more to see, more for them not more for me.
That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat.
When I was a boy, see that picture that was me,
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees.
And I know things have gotta change, they've got pills to sell
They've got implants to put in, they've got implants to remove.
But I am not forgetting, that I was a boy too.
And like the woods where I would creep,
It's a secret I can keep
Except when I'm tired, except when I'm being caught off guard.
I've had a lonesome awful day, the conversation finds it's way
To catching fireflys out in the backyard.
So I tell the man I'm with about the other life I lived
And I say 'Now you're top gun, I have lost and you have won.'
And he says oh no, can't you see?
When I was a girl, my mom and I we always talked,
And I picked flowers everywhere that I walked.
And I could cry all the time, now even when I'm alone, I seldom do.
And I have lost some kindness
But I was a girl too,
And you were just like me
And I was just like you.
When I Was A Boy
Dar Williams
Purchase "When I Was A Boy"
Purchase Entire Album
Email Video to Friends Play Youtube "When I Was A Boy" Video
Play Spotify "When I Was A Boy" Song
View Wikipedia "When I Was A Boy"
Entry
Receive Emails for Future Dar Williams Lyrics
Link to "When I Was A Boy"
Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
See Recommended Lyrics For You
Share:
Copied!
Loading...
Lyrics by Dar Williams
After All After All [DVD] All My Heroes Are Dead Alleluia And A God Descended Another Mystery Anthem Are You Out There Are You Out There Intro Arrival As Cool As I Am Beautiful Enemy Better Things Blue Light of the Flame Book of Love Bought And Sold Buzzer Calamity John Calling The Moon Christians and Pagans Closer to Me College Girl Comfortably Numb Comfortably Numb - Ani Difranco Crystal Creek Echoes Elegy Empire End of the Summer Everybody Knows this is Nowhere Family Farewell To The Old Me February Fishing In The Morning Flinty Kind Of Woman For Everyone Go To The Woods Highway Patrolman Holly Ann (The Weaver Song) Holly Tree Hudson I am the one who will remember everything I Had No Right I Have Been Around the World I Have Lost My Dreams I Love, I Love I Love, I Love [Travelling II] I Saw A Bird Fly Away I Will Free Myself I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono I'll Miss You Till I Meet You If I Wrote You Imagine In Love But Not At Peace Iowa Iowa (Traveling 3) Iowa (Traveling III) Ireland It Happens Every Day It Happens Every Day [DVD] It's A War In There It's Alright Liar Mark Rothko Song Mercy Of The Fallen Midnight Radio Mortal City My Friends New York Is a Harbor O Canada O Canada Girls Party Generation Play The Greed Playing To The Firmament Road Buddy So Close to My Heart Southern California Wants To Be Western New York Southern California Wants To Be Western New&hellip... Spring Street Starman Stop Smoking Storm King Summer Child Summerday Teen For God Teenagers, Kick Our Butts Terrarium The Babysitter's Here The Ballad Of Mary Magdalen The Ballad Of Mary Magdalene The Beauty of the Rain The Blessings The Business of Things The Christians & The Pagans The Christians & The Pagans The Christians and the Pagans The Easy Way The End of the Summer The Great Unknown The Hudson The Light and the Sea The Ocean The One Who Knows The Poignant, Yet Pointless, Crisis Of A Coed The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co - Ed The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed The Tide Falls Away The Weaver Song The World's Not Falling Apart This Earth This Is Not The House That Pain Built This Land Is Your Land This Was Pompeii Traveling Again Traveling Again (Traveling 1) Traveling Again (Traveling I) Troubled Times Two Sides of the River We Learned The Sea Weight of the World What Do You Hear in These Sounds What Do You Love More Than Love When It Gets That Way When Sal's Burned Down Whispering Pines Wild Mountain Thyme Wilder Than Her You Are Everyone You Rise and Meet the Day You Will Ride With Me Tonight You're Aging Well Your Fire Your Soul
Related Songs
When I Was A Boy - Who
When I Was A Boy - The Who
When I Was A Boy - Andrius Mamontovas
When I Was a Boy - Electric Light Orchestra
When I Was a Boy - Ian Matthews
When I Was a Boy - Jeff Lynne's ELO
Dino Battle - When I Was A Lion
6 Little Eggs - When I Was A Lion
Care For Kleptos - When I Was A Lion
Love and Music Making - When I Was A Lion
Oh Telephone Wires - When I Was 12
Explicit Content - When I Was 12
S is for Subway - When I Was 12
Make Believe Hearts - When I Was 12
Ice Cream Trucks - When I Was 12
When I Was A Young Boy - Savoy Brown
When I Was A Young Boy - Scooter
When I Was a Young Boy - Attila Kovács
When I Was A Little Boy - Adi Smolar
When Jesus Was A Boy - Michael Card
I was a boy - El Perro del Mar
I Was a Boy Scott - Gerry Rafferty
If I Was A Boy - Beyonce
If I Was a Boy - Eartha Kitt
Hillcrest - I Was a Hero
Leaving Scars - I Was a Hero
Bus Rides Cost Too Much - I Was a Hero
Frozen Disease - I Was A King
Procrastinate Song - I Was A King
Fire (Toast To Life) - I Was A King
When I Was A Planet - Invitro
When I was a child - Le Sport
When I Was a Child - Loggins & Messina
When I Was a Kid - The Soft Boys
When I Was A Dinosaur - Trout Fishing In America
When I Was A Youngster - Rizzle Kicks
When I Was a Child - Page & Plant
When I Was A Bandage - John Ralston
When I Was a Lad - Allan Sherman
When I Was A Child - Kenny Loggins
When I Was A Sperm - Adam Ant
When I Was A Child - Page & Plant
When I Was A Kid - Robyn Hitchcock
When I Was A Wave - Andy Lindquist
When I Was a Fool - Concrete Blonde
When i was a painter - Breeders, The
When I Was A Painter - Breeders
When I Was A Child - The Acc\u00fcsed
When I Was A Child - Robert Plant
There Was a Boy - Catman Cohen
A Boy Was Conceived - Ice Cube
Glerp Was A Boy - Ben Lee
She Was A Boy - Yael Naim
When That I Was And A Little Tiny Boy...
When That I Was & a Little Tiny Boy...
I Was Never a Normal Boy - Nightmare Of You
If I Was A Boy Remix - Beyonce
I Was A Teenage Pretty Boy...
When I Was Young - Eric Burdon & the Animals
When I Was Five...
When I Was Afraid - The Thermals
When I Was Dreaming - Tori Amos
When I Was Young - Kno
When I Was Young - Bob Geldof
When I Was Human - Whats Left Of Her
When I Was Otherwise - Gazelle Twin
When I Was Dead - Robyn Hitchcock
When I Was Young - Eric Burdon
When I Was Young - The Kingston Trio
When I Was Younger - Lighthouse Family
When I Was Dead - Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
When I Was Young [*] - Tina Turner
When I Was Young - Golden Earring
When I Was Seventeen - Saint Etienne
I Was Lonely When - The Cryan' Shames
When I Was Young [*] - The Animals
When I Was Young - John Ellis
When I was Lost - Jennifer Kimball
When I Was Young - Fats Domino
When I Was Young - Blink-182
When I Was Young - Home Video
When I Was Yours - Bleached
When I Was Cruel - Elvis Costello
When I Was Yours - Bleached
When I Was Yours - Iris Dement
When I Was Young - Lucero
When I Was Yours - Emmylou Harris
When I Was Young - The Ramones
When I Was Young - Wolfgang
When I Was Gone - Yg
When I Was Six - Lodger
When I Was Young - Nada
When I Was Young - Ramones
When I Was Young - Blink 182
When I Was Down - Donell Jones
When I Was Young - Akron/Family
When I Was Idle - AgesandAges
When I Was Down - Lloyd Banks
When I Was Gone - R.J.
When I Was Young - Kingston Trio
When I Was Young - Animals
When I Was Young - Tina Turner
When I Was Young - Riot
When I Was Young - Al Soucy
When I Was Young - Tina Turner
When I Was Young - Tina Turner
When I Was Young - Nada Surf
When I Was King - Graham Parker
When I Was Young - The Wood Brothers
When I Was Young - Brandon Heath
When I Was In - Juno
When I Was Abroad - Daniel Romano
When I Was Seventeen - David Meece
When I Was Five - Clare Bowditch & the Feeding Set
When I was young - Cho Yong-pil
When I was 17 - Simpsons
When I Was Superman - Alan Guno
When I Was Wild - Maximo Park
When I Was Young - The Animals
When I Was 17 - The Simpsons
When I Was A Little Girl - Pezz
When I Was a Young Girl - Rasputina
When I Was A Young Girl - Feist
When Last I Was A Fisherman - Jane Siberry
When I Was a Young Girl - Nina Simone
When I Was a Young Girl - Bettye Lavette
When I Was A Little Girl - Billy Talent
When I Was A Young Girl - Wanda Jackson
close to me - I Was a Cub Scout
Ps and Qs - I Was a Cub Scout
Part II - I Was a Cub Scout
Oh What A Fiasco! - I Was a Cub Scout
I Hate Nightclubs - I Was a Cub Scout
Holiday - I Was a Cub Scout
Thats not a crate, thats a box of heaven...
Teenage Skin - I Was a Cub Scout
The hunter's daughter - I Was a Cub Scout
Bear Fur - I Was a Cub Scout
A Step Too Far Behind - I Was a Cub Scout
P\'s And Q\'s - I Was A Cub Scout
Save Your Wishes - I Was A Cub Scout
Pink Squares - I Was A Cub Scout
We Were Made To Love - I Was A Cub Scout
Part 3 - I Was A Cub Scout
Echoes - I Was A Cub Scout
Our Smallest Adventures - I Was A Cub Scout
Step Too Far Behind - I Was A Cub Scout
Hunter's Daughter - I Was A Cub Scout
P's And Q's - I Was A Cub Scout
I Hate Night Clubs - I Was A Cub Scout
Recommendations - I Was A Cub Scout
Lucean - I Was A Cub Scout
I Wish I Was A Little Boy Again - Lynn Anderson
And I Was a Boy from School - Hot Chip
I Was A Dole Dad's Toy Boy - Style Council
And I Was A Boy From School - Tears For Fears
A Boy Was Conceived (Intro) - Ice Cube
Jesus Was a Country Boy - Clay Walker
When I Was Your Age, Pluto Was A Planet - Outlet
Freaky Nasty Boy - Liquits
Baby Boy - Status Quo
When I Was a Kid [Original Mix][*] - The Soft Boys
It Fit When I Was a Kid - Liars
When I Was a Girl \/ Secret Love...
When It Was A Game - Deciding Tonight
When Goodbye Was A Word - Trisha Yearwood
When Paris Was A Woman - Melissa Manchester
When Was I Last Home? - The Dø
When I Was Your Age - Bazookas Go Bang
When I Was An Orphan - The Parlor Mob
When Was I Last Home? - The Do
When I Was Young [Undubbed] - Fats Domino
When I Was Young [Master] - Fats Domino
Yesterday, When I Was Young - The Chelsea Strings
Yesterday, When I Was Drunk - Gangway
When I Was Howard Hughes - The Shapiros
Back When I Was Four - Jeffrey Lewis
When I Was Young [Instrumental]...
Yesturday When I Was Young - Dusty Springfield
Yesterday When I Was Young - Julio Iglesias
Once When I Was Little - James Morrison
Yesterday When I Was Young - Matt Monro
When I Was Tealby Abbey - Elton John
When I Was Your Man - The Voice
When I Was in Trouble - How To Dress Well
Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark
When I Was Your Age - Weird Al Yankovic
When I Was With You - Natalie
Yesterday When I Was Young - Eddy Arnold
When I Was Your Man - Gabe
Once When I Was Little - James Morrison
Yesterday When I Was Brave - Jebediah
Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark
Once, When I Was Little - James Morrison
When I Was Your Man - BTOB
When I Was Your Man - Boyce Avenue
When I Was Water Wippin - Gucci Mane
Yesterday When I Was Young - Marc Almond
When I Was Your Man - Jasmine Thompson
When I Was Your Girl - Alison Moyet
