Single file in the girls corridor
Come along, Stewart laddie!

Stewart boy, you'll never be much,
'cause you're too busy acting the fool
Thank you Sir for them few kind words,
on my last day of school

Oh, but my mama said, I could be a success,
if I'd only get myself out of bed
Words of wisdom, but I wasn't list'ning,
I had plans in my head

Only a boy,
trying it on,
coming on strong,
restless to roam,
only a boy,
silly and proud,
reckless and loud,
impressing the crowd,
only a boy

Rock'n' Roll was in my brain,
Eddie Cochrane running through my brain
Skin tight trousers in council houses,
the unemployment exchange

The blues I played were Mississippi made
and ev'ry Friday night I'd fall in love
Football fields and teenage pills
nothing's enough

Only a boy,
dressing to kill,
passion to spill,
hand in the till
Only a boy,
slipping it in,
thin as a pin,
chasing a dream,
only a boy

climb down off the school roof laddie

Oh and them dukes of freedom, I used to believe them,
and all their rebelious vows
The critics, the cynics, who never understood it,
where are they now?

And all the wondering and the stumbling
that goes hand in hand with change
The yearning, the earning was it all part of learning,
or am I still the same?

Only a boy
laughing aloud,
quick as a shot,
nobody can stop
Only a boy,
plans of his own,
leaving his home,
knows where he's going,
only a boy

only a boy,
only a boy,
only a boy, ha ha, oh