[Verse 1]
There's a place I go
When I am far away
There's a T.V. show
And I can play
Sometimes when a hero takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse 2]
There's a picture book
With colour photographs
There's a comic strip
That makes me laugh
Sometimes when he takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
[Verse 3]
There's a place I go
And it's a part of me
There's a radio
And I will go
Sometimes a hero takes me
Sometimes I don't let go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for boys
Stories for Boys was written by Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr..
Stories for Boys was produced by Steve Lillywhite.
U2 released Stories for Boys on Mon Oct 20 1980.
As Bono told Hot Press in the late 1970s:
All the songs point to one thing–getting people to think for themselves. There’s also a reaction against heavy advertising and television images and things like that. I remember seeing heroes on television–people like James Bond and so on–and thinking, “I’m...