Mother Greer Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Sehnsucht 

Cover art for Mother Greer lyrics by Augie March

"Mother Greer" wrote a book called "The Beautiful Boy" released in 2003 that apparently has a bunch of pictures of "beautiful teenage boys", which is probably the basis for the

"Boys are beautiful 'till the age of nine"

line. The change in age was probably just to make it rhyme.

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