I Ain’t Your Boy

[Verse 1]
I see the pictures on the wall
The time, the place, I don't recall
I can't swear I was there at all
Or if I'm here now
I hear the way you talk to me
It's like you're asking silently
To make it like it used to be
But I just don't know how

[Chorus]
'Cause I ain't your boy
I ain't your boy
I ain't your boy
No, I ain't your boy
I ain't your boy

[Post-Chorus]
But I sleep in his bed
And I sleep with his wife
I know all of his friends
I inhabit his life

[Verse 2]
I watch him on the videos
The shaggy hair, the funny clothes
The naked lip beneath the nose
A muscle memory
You wonder loudly where he is
And why he never reappears
I try to tell you through the tears
I haven't seen that kid for years

[Chorus]
And I ain't your boy
I ain't your boy
Ain't your boy
No, I ain't your boy
I ain't your boy

[Bridge]
And you're never gonna get him back (Never gonna get him back)
Never gonna get him back (Never gonna get him back)
Nothing's gonna bring him back (Nothing's gonna bring him back)
Nothing's gonna bring him back (Nothing's gonna bring him back)
And you're never gonna get him back (But if you narrow your blue eyes)
Never gonna get him back (I could be him, from way back when)
Nothing's gonna bring him back (And I won't mind)
Nothing's gonna bring him back (There is no shame if you kiss me and call me his name)

[Chorus]
I ain't your boy
I ain't your boy
Ain't your boy
No, I ain't your boy (I see the pictures on the wall)
(The time, the place, I don't recall)
I ain't your boy (The shaggy hair, the funny clothes)
(The naked lip beneath the nose)
And I ain't your boy (Never gonna get him back)
I ain't your boy (You're never gonna get him back)
Ain't your boy
No, I ain't your boy (But if you narrow your blue eyes then)
(I could be him, from way back when)
I ain't your boy (And I won't mind there's no shame)
(If you kiss me and call me his name)