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Black Sheep Boy Lyrics
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 unknown boy
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine of the Black Sheep Boy.
If you love me, let me live in peace.
Please understand,
That the black sheep can wear a golden fleece,
And hold a winning hand.
I'm the family's unknown boy
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine of the Black Sheep Boy.
I'm here to rest
All they ask is where I've been
Knowing I've been West.
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine of the Black Sheep Boy.
Please understand,
That the black sheep can wear a golden fleece,
And hold a winning hand.
Golden curls of envied hair
Pretty girls with faces fair
See the shine of the Black Sheep Boy.
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Submitted by
savingupspend On Sep 30, 2007
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Oh my god no way! I had no idea Scott Walker covered Black Sheep Boy!
This song was originally by the folk legend Tim Hardin, and was also pretty notably the subject of Okkervil River's album of the same name (one of my favourite albums of all time, incidentally), which opens with a cover of it.
Boy meets family after time apart, wants less questions about his (to him) pretty good life, and more time to just rest up before moving on again.