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A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck
It's a Boy

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It's a Boy

Release date: 1st May 1988

From A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck

About This Track

"It's a Boy" is a track by Wire, from the album A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck, released 1st May 1988. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wire

Wire

Lyrics

It's a Boy

[Verse 1]

Hook fear lashing

Spit-gas sinking

Tired reflections

In a broken eye

[Chorus]

You're a strange one

Are there any more like you?

You're a rare one

I want one too

[Verse 2]

Head collectors

Private view

Flood damaged

In a baby plague

[Chorus]

You're a strange one

Are there any more like you?

You're a rare one

I want one too

[Verse 3]

Effete means funny dreams

Offence on refusal

Look out Dr. Up

It's a boy as usual

[Chorus]

You're a strange one

Are there any more like you?

You're a rare one

I want one too

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Track details

From A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck

1988

Album

A Bell is a Cup... Until It is Struck

Release year

1988

—Follow the Locust
—Over Theirs (live)
—Boiling Boy
—Come Back in Two Halves
—Drill (live)
—Free Falling Divisions
—It's a Boy
—Public Place
—Pieta
—The Finest Drops
—The Queen of Ur and the King of Um (alternative version)
—The Queen of Ur and the King of Um

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