The Boy Wonders

[Verse 1]

I brought you some francs

From my travelling chest

You'll spare me the thanks

'Til you know I'm the best

So, come Hogmonay

When love comes in slurs

Resolutions I'll make

And you can label them hers

[Pre-Chorus]

We threw our hands up high

We nearly touched the sky

We clicked our heels and spat and swore we'd never let it die

[Chorus]

All those boy wonders

Sold their medals when they saw this train

Now this boy wonders

When he'll feel the fall of honest rain

I came from high land

Where the hopefuls have to hesitate

Now this boy wonders

Why the words were never worth the wait

[Bridge]

I'm waiting, waiting

In pastel paper, pink over grey

We wrap, wrap, wrap and chuck, chuck away

The poor excuse they peddle as their prose

[Verse 2]

Dry your tears, tie your tongue

And you're never sixteen

And I'll give you a glimpse

Of the hard and the clean

And my travelling chest

Will be open to you

Boy, will you learn

That you haven't a clue

[Pre-Chorus]

I even asked my best friend

But he could not explain

It hit me when I left him

I felt the rain and called it genius, called it genius

[Chorus]

All those boy wonders

Sold their medals when they saw this train

Now this boy wonders

When he'll feel the fall of honest rain

I came from high land (High land, hard rain)

Where the hopefuls have to hesitate (High land, hard rain)

Now this boy wonders (High land, hard rain)

Why the words were never worth the wait (High land, hard rain)

[Outro]

High land, hard rain

High land, hard rain

High land, hard rain

High land, hard rain

High land, hard rain

High land, hard rain

High land, hard rain