Here I am back home again
I'm here to rest
All they ask is where I've been
Knowing I've been West

I'm the family's unowned boy
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine in the Black Sheep Boy

If you love me, let me live in peace
Please understand
That the black sheep can wear the golden fleece
And hold a winning hand

I'm the family's unowned boy
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine in the Black Sheep Boy

I'm the family's unowned boy
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine in the Black Sheep Boy


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Black Sheep Boy Lyrics as written by Tim Hardin

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    I think its about a guy that is trying hard to forget the memories of the relationship, but everything keeps reminding him of it and he can't seem to escape, found in "I found a hotel room where I tried to escape you."
    The "mirror" represents his memory of her and it also represents his former self being in the relationship. His is cracked because he can't get past the relationship and he wants her to feel the same way and "smash your mirror".

    jdzmumbleson May 22, 2009   Link

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