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I Ain't Your Boy Lyrics
I see the pictures on the wall
The time, the place, I don't recall
I can't swear I was there at all, or if I'm here now
I hear the way you talk to me
It's like you're asking silently
To make it like it used to be, but I just don't know how
'cause I ain't your boy
But I sleep in his bed
And I sleep with his wife
I know all of his friends
I inhabit his life
I watch him on the videos
The shaggy hair, the funny clothes
The naked lip beneath the nose, a muscle memory
You wonder loudly where he is
And why he never reappears
I try to tell you through the tears, I haven't seen that kid for years
And I ain't your boy
And you're never gonna get him back
Nothing's gonna bring him back
But if you narrow your blue eyes
I could be him, from way back when
And I won't mind, there is no shame if you kiss me and call me his name
The time, the place, I don't recall
I can't swear I was there at all, or if I'm here now
I hear the way you talk to me
It's like you're asking silently
To make it like it used to be, but I just don't know how
And I sleep with his wife
I know all of his friends
I inhabit his life
The shaggy hair, the funny clothes
The naked lip beneath the nose, a muscle memory
You wonder loudly where he is
And why he never reappears
I try to tell you through the tears, I haven't seen that kid for years
Nothing's gonna bring him back
But if you narrow your blue eyes
I could be him, from way back when
And I won't mind, there is no shame if you kiss me and call me his name
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The song is about himself and how he's changed since Reuben. Like he feels like he's looking at a completely different person way back then.
"The shaggy hair, the funny clothes The naked lip beneath the nose, a muscle memory"
He's now better dressed, sporting a moustache and has short hair. Also "And I won't mind, there is no shame if you kiss me and call me his name"
He doesn't regret what he was, just that he's made a change.