Sneaking Up On Boo Radley Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby

Crawl up the back steps up to the back door 

Reach up in the dark, turn the handle a little more 

Open up real slow so the door won't creak 

Look ahead, look behind, don't shuffle your feet 

They say he's crazy, they say he's gone 

We play our tricks, make up funny songs 

Sneaking around, feeling badly 

Sneaking up on Boo Radley 

Hear the caterpillar crawl, hear the bed bugs bite 

Hear the crickets scream, all the sounds of the night 

Hear the sound of footprints on the ground I think I say 

Don't step on the lightning bugs, watch the crack in your knees 

They say he's crazy, they say he's gone 

We play our tricks, make up funny songs 

Sneaking around, feeling badly 

Sneaking up on Boo Radley 

They say he's funny, got a loose screw 

Stay away, he's a threat to you 

Give him a break, what do we know 

Might turn out we would like him so 

We fear what we just don't know 

I heard he served a long time ago 

He saw some things we'll never know 

We laugh and sneak around in the night 

Fun and games but I know it's not right 

Scared and fascinated 

Ignorant we castigate him 

Scared and fascinated 

Ignorant we flagellate him 

They say he's crazy, they say he's gone 

We play our tricks, make up funny songs 

Down the street walking sadly 

Little sister loves him madly 

Feeling like the man from Gladly 

Sneaking up on Boo Radley 

Sneaking up on Boo Radley