Poor Boy chords by
David Byrne
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Intro 1

Verse 1

A truck parked this morning-

outside the grocery store

Friends face the future- they're

wearing summer clothes

Verse 2

Great cosmic forces- like

falling dominoes

I love talking funny- it's the only

Interlude 1

song I know

Verse 3

Sweet smart and sexy- the

day my life began

Burnt out and damaged- I

Verse 4
dragged my body home
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This slice is runny- it's
dripping down my clothes
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Flies stick to honey- it's

Verse 5
the only game they know
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Poor Boy- I walk into the
river in my hat and shoes
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Poor Boy- I'm sittin at the table with

Interlude 2

a knife and spoon

Verse 6

Life fast die happy- don't let

your panties show

They trust market forces- it's

Verse 7
the only song they know
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A A 
 
So come and rock my soul-
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where sin and sorry lie
A A 
 
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White horses carry me-
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unto the other side

Verse 8

Poor Boy- I'm livin in a country

where my thoughts are cold

Poor Boy- I'm waitin for the harvest of the seeds I sow

Interlude 3

A flower in

Verse 9

the night- with

thoughts of days gone by

I've got to ring that bell-

and I'll be satisfied

Verse 10
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Poor Boy- I'm wearin silver slippers
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and a long white gown
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Poor boy- I picture in my mind the
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day the walls come down
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Verse 11
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Poor Boy- I'm livin in a country
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A A 
 
where I'm never free
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Poor Boy- I'm writing down
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the names of all the things I see-

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