Groove Theory - Boy At The Window lyrics

She was wearing shocking pink and jewelry of gold

Papa said son isn't she fine

Knew he would be out all night

Though son is only 9 years old

This is how he's forced to spend his time

Looking out window into someone else's home

Watching mother, father, child at play

Wishing he could be a part but it's

Too hard to forget he's alone

A typical day

The boy at the window

One more forgotten son

Ah, looking to the corner

To see what he'll become

The boy at the window

If he's still sitting there

Are you even gonna care

Papa always tells him

Son keep sitting at your window

Don't end up like me, watch from above

You can't go wrong

More and more son's thinking

Won't be too far but I must go in his eyes

The corner is the only place he can belong

Son isn't smart enough to see it

Won't make him somebody

But it's better than living with

The hypocrisies above

No more smelling ho's and liquor

On the breath of daddy

Rather smell it from the breath of

Brothers he don't know or love

Remember when the boy was

Young and untouched

Happy with his window view

But look it's not enough

His dreams are in the gutter

And now he's just a number

All because he wanted to belong

All because he wanted to belong

So he learned to play the role

Of hustler with no feeling

Thinking, "They'll accept me if I prove that I'm real hard"

Now he's learning firsthand of the word and it's true meaning

The window he looks out of now

Includes wrought iron bars

The boy at the window

One more forgotten son

Ah, he looked to the corner

And guess what he's become

The boy is at the window

If he's still sitting there

Are you even gonna care