I Ain't Your Boy (Live on Alex Irons Presents)

[Verse 1]

I see the pictures on the wall

The time, the place, I don't recall

I can't swear I was there at all

Or if I'm here now

I hear the way you talk to me

It's like you're asking silently

To make it like it used to be

But I just don't know how

[Chorus]

'Cause I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

No, I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

[Post-Chorus]

But I sleep in his bed

And I sleep with his wife

I know all of his friends

I inhabit his life

[Verse 2]

I watch him on the videos

The shaggy hair, the funny clothes

The naked lip beneath the nose

A muscle memory

You wonder loudly where he is

And why he never reappears

I try to tell you through the tears

I haven't seen that kid for years

[Chorus]

And I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

Ain't your boy

No, I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

[Bridge]

And you're never gonna get him back

Oh, you're never gonna get him back

Oh, nothing's gonna bring him back

Oh, nothing's gonna bring him back

If you narrow your blue eyes then

I could be him, from way back when

And I won't mind

There is no shame if you kiss me and call me his name

[Chorus]

I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

No, I ain't your boy

I ain't your boy

Oh, you're never gonna get him back

Oh, you're never gonna get him back

Oh, nothing's gonna bring him back

Nothing's gonna bring him back

And if you narrow your blue eyes then

I could be him, from way back when

And I won't mind there is no shame

If you kiss me and call me his name