ist - Toothpick Bridge - Released August 17th, 2009

The Boy's Not Right

Now, there’s a face you’d recognise
But for the missing greasepaint and this unforgiving light
He used to be your ideal man
Now the Devil works your idol’s hands

He’s not right
He’s not right
The boy’s not right

The flashbulbs burst, the papers fawned
Until the money ran out and the gold discs had been pawned
As we filed out, childhood returned
Now there’s glass to break and tyres to burn

He’s not right
He’s not right
The boy’s not right

We hang our heads and say that, “It’s a crying shame”
We light our candles then we join him in forgetting his name

The guttersnipes all caterwaul
Beneath the Marble Arch, he takes a bow as midnight falls
In the realm of the misplaced mind
He’s a one-eyed man amongst the blind

He’s not right
He’s not right
The boy’s not right

The boy’s not right
The boy’s not right
The boy’s not right

(c) 2009 ist
Lyrics: Hall, Music: Hall/Haynes/McCourt/Richardson

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