Just another
poor boy
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1. He was but a traveller on the lonely road of life,
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she,
her name was Mary, a lady of the night.
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She found him lying in that
road, on a winter's night so cold,
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just
another poor boy, treat him ri..................ght.
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2. She saw that he was hungry and gave him food to eat,
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she
knew that he was weary and he had no place to sleep.
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She took him home to her own bed, she lay down
his wounded head,
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and washed away the world from his hands and his fee..................t.
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He was just another poor
boy, just
another poor boy,
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when he cried out in his sleep she
held him tight.
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Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
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and she gave him love and comfort
through the night,
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till the morning’s light.
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3. At night she sat beside him, by the fire he would talk,
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he
said all men were brothers and that love could conquer all,
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Many gathered round to hear, many for his life did fear,
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in
troubled times like these men seldom talk...............ed.
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4. Oh, they came to him one morning at the breaking of the day,
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she
woke to hear him calling as they carried him away.
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Accusing him of spreading lies
and hate,
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his
public meetings were a danger to the state,
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some
soldier said "Who was he anyway?"
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Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
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and the tears were falling from
her face like rain.
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Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
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and they hung him on the hillside
far away.
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+ And on the ground she lay,
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do do do do
do, poor boy, do do do do do.
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Oh, my Lord
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Oh, my Lo..................rd
! Oh, my Lord ! O.......h !
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Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
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and
she never dreamed she'd see his face again !
(Chris de Burgh)