Boy Next Door

Well he was getting kind of bored in the second decade of the twenty first century
In a nice apartment on the edge of town with a carpet and a smart TV
Fighting depression with his record collection when the band broke off the scene
Was there more to life than playing in bars and trying to party like the seventies

The crew was tight staying up all night he was the new kid on the scene
There were lots of free hugs for the people on drugs it was kinda like a family
It's cool to be cool and it felt like fun but it could never be the whole damn thing
So he cursed the floor couldn't take no more whatever happened to the boy next door

Then he heard people saying if he was a real player
He would've left this town a long time ago
Well no disrespect but last time I checked
People talk too much about the shit they don't know

Whatever happened to the boy next door
He used to be my friend but he don't come here anymore
Everybody's talking 'bout the boy next door
No matter what you see
I could be anything that you want me to be

Paying once a month for a little bit of freedom that belongs to someone else
It's not a glamorous profession but lots of people think it is
Half the country likes the president half the country needs a cigarette
He's sitting in a townie dive singing listen to the music it'll be alright
Listen to the music it'll be alright
Listen to the music it'll be alright

With three sips of confidence and a steel guitar
He's driving out the parasites that live in the dark

Whatever happened to the boy next door
We used to know him when pretending to be your best friend
You can't forget about the boy next door
He'll see you in your dreams
I could be anything that you want me to be

Woah woah woah woah
Woah woah woah
I could be anything that you want me to be
I could be anything that you want me to be
I could be anything that you want me to be
I could be anything that you want me to be
Yeah yeah yeah