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The Boy Who Ran Away Lyrics
There was a boy a ran away
From what he didn't know
Whom, he wouldn't say
He just had to go
Something snapped inside of him
As he fled from a nameless threat
Crowds of people stood aloof in Waterloo
There's no sunset, sunset
And when he gets to this mythic place
The streets are dirty, dark and deep
There is no rest there
There is no place to lay a head to sleep, to sleep...
There was a boy who ran away
From what he didn't know
Whom, he wouldn't say
He just had to go
Went to so much trouble
To banish you from my sight
He said that you're an accident
An accident about which I should forget, forget...
And now that the wheel has gone around
He's back where he belongs
And he knows there is no hope
Only solace in the words of this song
Solace in the words of this song
Solace in the words of this song...
There was a boy who ran away
From what he didn't know
Whom, he wouldn't say
He just, he had to go
From what he didn't know
Whom, he wouldn't say
He just had to go
As he fled from a nameless threat
Crowds of people stood aloof in Waterloo
There's no sunset, sunset
The streets are dirty, dark and deep
There is no rest there
There is no place to lay a head to sleep, to sleep...
From what he didn't know
Whom, he wouldn't say
He just had to go
To banish you from my sight
He said that you're an accident
An accident about which I should forget, forget...
He's back where he belongs
And he knows there is no hope
Only solace in the words of this song
Solace in the words of this song
Solace in the words of this song...
From what he didn't know
Whom, he wouldn't say
He just, he had to go
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This ones about child abuse....the boy who ran away...and being called an "accident"
can you please explain why you thing "this ones about child abuse" i personally can't see it. i would say it's about the frustration of youth. i also like the kinks reference. great song from an even better album.
its about a boy who runs away from home but is then not accepted in his new home so he has to return to his original home.
This song is about child abuse. A member of the jets was abused as a child, and this song was written about it But im sure they'd like to keep it relativley private..
is there actually no sunset in waterloo?
"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by the Kinks... I don't know if it has anything to do with this song, but it might. It's sort of the opposite of "The Boy Who Ran Away"
"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by the Kinks... I don't know if it has anything to do with this song, but it might. It's sort of the opposite of "The Boy Who Ran Away"
"But I don't feel afraid. As long as I gaze at Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise. Waterloo sunset's fine."
"But I don't feel afraid. As long as I gaze at Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise. Waterloo sunset's fine."
i cant understand this past the whole abuse thing i just think its written really well and love it very much