Big Boys Lyrics - Elvis Costello

I am starting to function 

In the usual way 

Everything is so provocative 

Very, very temporary 

I shall walk 

(I shall walk) 

Out of this place 

(Out of this place) 

I shall walk out on you 

'Cause you go silly 

If she's willing 

Trying so hard to be like the big boys 

So you take her to the pictures 

Trying to become a fixture 

Inch by inch trying to reach her 

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Worrying about your physical fitness 

Tell me how you got this sickness? Oh, oh 

I was caught in the suction 

By a face like a truncheon 

I was down upon one knee 

Stroking her vanity 

I was stuck on a hammerhead 

I came alive and left for dead 

As my face returned to red 

Choking on my pride and pity 

We can talk 

(We can talk) 

'Til your face is blue 

('Til your face is blue) 

Photos 

We can talk but she'll get to you 

After you've been loved and hated 

By the ones you've watched and waited 

Found that they were overrated 

She'll be the one 

(When the party's over) 

She'll be the one 

(When the girls have gone home) 

She'll be the one 

(That you'll wish you'd held onto) 

She'll be the one 

(But it's too late for you to) 

She'll be the one 

(Who knows all your history) 

She'll be the one 

So you can cross her off your list 

And you try so hard 

And you try so hard 

And you try so hard 

To be like the big boys, oh