Just A Boy

Writers: leo sayer & david courtney

I was travellin' down the road, feelin' hungry and cold
I saw a sign sayin' food and drinks for everyone
So naturally i thought i would take me a look inside
I saw so much food, there was water comin' from my eye

Yeah there was ham an' there was turkey, there was caviar
An' long tall glasses, with wine up to yar

An' then somebody grabbed me, threw me outta my chair
Said before you can eat, you gotta dance like fred astaire

You know i can't dance, you know i can't dance
You know i can't dance, you know i can't dance
I can't dance

I am a man of the road -- a hobo by name
I don't seek entertainment, just poultry and game
But if it's all the same to you, then yes i will try my hand
If you were as hungry as me then i'm sure you would understand

Hmmm
Now wait a minute
Let me see now

Of course i can dance of course i can dance
I'm sure i can dance, i'm sure i can dance..
I can dance

I can dance
I really hit the floor
Ah feels good
Look at me dancin'

I did a two-step, quick-step and a bossa nova
A little victor silvester, and a rudy valentino
You should a seen me movin', right across the floor
Hand me down my tuxedo, next week i'm comin' back for more

I can dance -- oh yes! i can dance
Look at me dancin' the floor movin'
I feel good -- i can dance
I can dance, i can dance, i can dance.

Writers: leo sayer & david courtney

Running through my life
Like a river, like a song
Train keeps pushing me
Right back to the place where i belong...

Back along the tracks
Fly a million years
Right across my path
Train moves on ringing in my ears...

Come on board
Come on board

Train, oh train, take me back, again
I remember, i remember, take me back
Train, oh train, the journey ends and starts again
I remember, i remember, i remember

I've been up all night trying to get this down
Now i'm hallucinating
Staring at the wall look what i'm creating...

Look at the clock i'm twelve hours old
So many more remain
Way up ahead i know i see a train...

Come on board
Come on board

Train, oh train, all those memories, all over again
I remember, i remember, take me back
Train, oh train, the journey ends and starts again
I remember, i remember, i remember

Waited on the station all day
Just to see a glimpse of the morning train
Just to see the wheels turning round
Blowing up steam,
See what i mean,
You see what i mean...

Writers: leo sayer & david courtney

Well everybody knows down ladbrook grove
You have to leap across the street
You can lose your life under a taxi cab
You gotta have eyes in your feet

You find a nice soft corner and you sit right down
Take up your guitar and play
But then the law man comes says move along
So you move along all day

Well i'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there wanna lend me a hand
With my one man band

For three days now i haven't eaten at all
My my you must be getting so thin
And soon my cap won't be large enough
To drop a half a crown in

So hey there mister don't you look so sad
Don't look so ill at ease
Well i can play you any song you like
To cheer up that life you lead

Well i'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there wanna lend me a hand
With my one man band

And oh oh oh look at the rain falling
Oh oh oh look at it rain
Oh look at it rain

Well nobody sees the minstrel boy as he sings his tale of woe
Nobody sees him coming
Nobody see him go
So hey there mister don't you look so sad
Don't look so ill at ease
Well i can play you any song you like
To cheer up that life you lead

Well i'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there wanna lend me a hand
With my one man band

Well i'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor understands
Is there anybody out there wanna lend me a hand
With my one man band

Oh i'm a one man band
Just a one man band
Oh i'm a one man band

Writers: leo sayer & david courtney

When i came home this morning
I got your letter and what it said
I didn't understand
You told me it was over -- au revoir -- see you again sometime
I didn't understand
And overleaf you tell me that you love me...

Meet me on the corner
The usual time -- the usual place
I will be there
Meet me on the corner
I'll see you coming -- then i'll be sure
Sure you'll be there
Oh and i wanna tell you that i love you...

I see your face -- i see the night
I love you -- i love you
And deep in my sleep i see your eyes
I love you -- i love you

I stood on the corner
All the cars went sweeping by
Did somebody call me -- no there was no one there
Well i'll go on waiting -- perhaps tomorrow
Another day -- i will be there
Oh and i wanna tell you that i love you...

Writers: leo sayer & david courtney

He used to play mouth organ
In a folk club they called the lady jane
All the sounds as his friends and he would holler
Songs of love and songs of pain

There wasn't much that he could use his time for
So he used to practice everyday
And play the mouth organ the blues and hard luck
Someday soon i'm gonna break away

He used to listen to the bells of st marys
As they would echo through those early days
And sometimes even now he thinks that he still hears them
Although they're but a thousand miles away

And so he came into this crazy business
And do you know the stars all fell his way
And he became another rock and roll troubador
And threw the mouth organ far away

And so he listens to the bells of st marys
And so their echo haunts him every day
So clear that he could reach out and touch them
Although they're but a thousand miles away
Although they're but a thousand miles away