This Boy

This Boy
by James Morrison


This boy wants to play
There's no time left today
It's a shame ‘cause he has to go home

This boy's got to work
Got to sweat just to pay what he gets to get left all alone

Well let's step outside
Let's go for a ride
Just for a while
No we won't get caught
Well that's what I thought, until we cried

I'm still here
But it hasn't been easy
I'm sure that you had your reasons
I'm scared of all this emotion
For years I've been holding it down
For years I've been holding it down

This girl tries her best everyday
But it's all gone to waste ‘cause there's no one around
This girl she can draw she can paint
Likes to dance she can skate
Now she don't make a sound

We’ll play in our park
'Till it's too dark for us to see
Well we'll make our way home
With mud on our clothes
She won't be pleased

I'm still here
But it hasn't been easy
I'm sure that you had your reasons
I'm scared of all this emotion
For years I've been holding it down

And I’d love to forgive and forget
So I’ll try to put all this behind us
Just know that my arms are wide open
The older I get, the more that I know

Well it's time to let this go.

I got to let it go
I got to let it go
I got to let it go
I got to let it go
I got to let it go