The Only Boy Racer Left on the Island - Live at York Minster, York, England, 2021
When I was young I said this town will live in my dust
My father said my boy that life's not for the likes of us
But the boys in the streets in the fast cars they kept turning heads
I said 'boy they're real men, dad, one day I'll be one of them'
The only boy racer left on the island
They say you could hear the engine from the mainland, yeah
When I was ten saw the high street heroes speeding round the bend
But those engines got sold
When the speed freaks settled down in the south
I guess masculinity's a pursuit left to the embers of youth
The only boy racer left on the island
The lonely joys of holding on
The vines and leaves all gathering on
The only boy racer left on the island
No man gets left behind
My father said my boy that life's not for the likes of us
But the boys in the streets in the fast cars they kept turning heads
I said 'boy they're real men, dad, one day I'll be one of them'
The only boy racer left on the island
They say you could hear the engine from the mainland, yeah
When I was ten saw the high street heroes speeding round the bend
But those engines got sold
When the speed freaks settled down in the south
I guess masculinity's a pursuit left to the embers of youth
The only boy racer left on the island
The lonely joys of holding on
The vines and leaves all gathering on
The only boy racer left on the island
No man gets left behind
Credits
Writer(s): Conor Hirons, Bradley Blackwell, Samuel Griffiths, Jack Williams
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