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Boy by Alex G

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Alex G

Boy

Release date: 16th June 2014

From DSU
Track 13
3:11
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About This Track

'Boy' by Alex G is an alternative track from the album 'DSU', released in 2014. The lyrics follow a stray dog walking down the street, alongside another dog as they eat mud, smell, and set off an uneasy chain of feeling, before the narrator gets home and tells “the story” to their baby. The exchange turns flirtatious and slightly defensive, ending on a refusal to be seen the way someone else wants.

"Boy" is a track by Alex G, from the album DSU, released 16th June 2014. The track is 3:11 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Alex G.

About the Artist

Alex G

Alex G

Lyrics

Boy

Stray dog is walking down the street
Next to another dog
They're eating mud and
Starting to smell me
Two babies
Dangerous and free
When i got home i told my baby
The story
She said to me
"I think you're funny, you saw
What you wanted to see"
And i said
"I am not the boy you knew"
"I am not the boy you knew"
"I am not the boy you knew"
"I am not the boy"

Feel like a million eyes on me
Feel like a cannon ball i see
A tree it loses all its leaves
And you are dead to me
You watch someone you know
Grow into static company
And now you see
Do you wish you were
"I am not the boy you knew"
"I am not the boy you knew"
"I am not the boy you knew"
"I am not the boy"

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Track details

From DSU

3:112014
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Album
DSU
DSU
Alex G
17th June 2014
Track number
13
Release year
2014
  1. 1After Ur Gone
    2:22
  2. 2Serpent Is Lord
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  3. 3Harvey
    1:39
  4. 4Rejoyce
    1:53

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