@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Where is my boy?
I saw you come out of a scene
Maybe in some kind of dream
Something that never comes
Time that I take
See over in arms I'll raise
I'll race in to find you
I'll race in to find you
Time stands
I open your eyes to my world
I see you come out of it all
Unharmed and unscathed
And shouting, oh
Come on in
In houses I live in
And changes you're making
To the state of affairs
Calling "where is my boy?"
I have seen you so often
I cry "where is my boy?"
Oh, have you all forgotten?
And in some kind of dream
Have I seen you before
Oh, have I seen you before?
Oh, where is my boy?
So come all the way
Changing your number
Changing the house where you live
Change your lines
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
In a place you've forgotten
A place I've forgotten
So where is my boy?
When I kneel in your arms
I flew awry
Where is my boy?
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
In my hands you'll fall
Open in as it seems
Have I seen you before?
Oh baby, your arms and your legs are shattered
Where is my boy?
Where is my boy?
I said "where is my boy?"
Have you seen me before?
When I look in your eyes
Tell me "he had to go"
Said "I seen you before
In some kind of dream"
Seems I've seen you before
In some kind of a dream
I say "where is the boy?"
Have I seen you before?
Yeah, I saw you before
In some kind of a dream
I say "where was my head?
When I needed it most?"
Oh, I stayed here before
Yes I stay in the place I know
I saw you come out of a scene
Maybe in some kind of dream
Something that never comes
Time that I take
See over in arms I'll raise
I'll race in to find you
I'll race in to find you
Time stands
I open your eyes to my world
I see you come out of it all
Unharmed and unscathed
And shouting, oh
Come on in
In houses I live in
And changes you're making
To the state of affairs
Calling "where is my boy?"
I have seen you so often
I cry "where is my boy?"
Oh, have you all forgotten?
And in some kind of dream
Have I seen you before
Oh, have I seen you before?
Oh, where is my boy?
So come all the way
Changing your number
Changing the house where you live
Change your lines
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
In a place you've forgotten
A place I've forgotten
So where is my boy?
When I kneel in your arms
I flew awry
Where is my boy?
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
In my hands you'll fall
Open in as it seems
Have I seen you before?
Oh baby, your arms and your legs are shattered
Where is my boy?
Where is my boy?
I said "where is my boy?"
Have you seen me before?
When I look in your eyes
Tell me "he had to go"
Said "I seen you before
In some kind of dream"
Seems I've seen you before
In some kind of a dream
I say "where is the boy?"
Have I seen you before?
Yeah, I saw you before
In some kind of a dream
I say "where was my head?
When I needed it most?"
Oh, I stayed here before
Yes I stay in the place I know
Lyrics submitted by hang on to a dream
Where Is My Boy Lyrics as written by Christopher Anthony John Martin David Jeremy Kosten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
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1) I think it's about a man meeting the son he never had. He says "Have I seen you before?" because it's the man he always hoped to raise. Their connection is so profound.
2) It could alternatively be a rhetorical question aimed at the speaker/the man himself. He could be asking himself why he threw away his potential. He compares who he is today with the boy he used to be. ' "Have I seen you before?", tired soul?'
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In the end, the gay boy remains in love yet alone. He stays in the place he knows, wondering what happened to his boy. It's very sad to me. This is one of the saddest songs I know.