Note: An extra verse from the long version of the song is denoted with an asterisk and brackets.
One girl was called Jane-Marie
My name is Bill and I'm a head-case
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
Put your frock on Jane-Marie
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
*[Help me wash up Jane-Marie
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
Another little girl was called Felicity
Another little girl was Sally-Joy
The other was me, and I'm a boy...
They practice making-up on my face
I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
Spend days just takin' hair-pins from my hair
But my ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But if I say I am, I get it!
Plait your hair, Felicity
Paint your nails little Sally-Joy
Put this wig on, little boy...
But my ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But if I say I am, I get it
You can dry Felicity
Stack the dishes Sally-Joy
Behind those scrub clothes I'm a boy]
I wanna play cricket on the green
Ride my bike across the stream
Cut myself and see my blood
I wanna come home all covered in mud
But my ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
I'm a boy...I'm a boy...
I'm a boy!
Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man
[But they never stopped Jack or the water lapping
But they couldn't stop Jack and the waters lapping
But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping
Kids couldn't hurt Jack
But the couldn't stop Jack nor the waters lapping
(I saw yer!)
He lived in the sand at the Isle Of Man
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key
So they rode on his head on their furry donkey
And they couldn't distract him from the seagulls flapping]
The kids couldn't hurt Jack
They tried and tried and tried
They dropped things on his back
They lied and lied and lied and lied and lied
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy
They tried and tried and tried
They dropped things on his back
They lied and lied and lied and lied and lied
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy
I used to wake up in the morning
He said, "Son, now here's some little somethings
Pictures of Lily
Pictures of Lily
And then one day things weren't quite so fine
For me and Lily are together in my dreams
I used to feel o bad
I got so sick of having sleepless nights
I went and told my dad
And stuck them on my wall
And now my nights ain't quite so lonely
In fact, I...I don't feel bad at all
I don't feel bad at all
Made my life so wonderful
Pictures of Lily
Helped me sleep at night
Solved my childhood problem
Pictures of Lily
Helped me feel alright
Pictures of Lily
Lily, oh Lily
Lily, oh Lily
Pictures of Lily
I fell in love with Lily
I asked my dad where Lily I could find
He said, "Son, now don't be silly"
"She's been dead since nineteen-twenty-nine"
Oh, how I cried that night!
If only I'd been born in Lily's time
It would've been alright
Pictures of Lily
Made my life of wonderful
Pictures of Lily
Helped me sleep at night
And I ask you, "Hey mister, have you ever seen..."
Pictures of Lily!
Note: * denotes verses from Pete's demo version
I've looked under chairs
They call me the Seeker
I asked Bobby Dylan *[I asked my idols]
They call me the Seeker
People tend to hate me
I won't get to get what I'm after
I learned how to raise my voice in anger
I'm looking for me!
They call me the Seeker
I won't get to get what I'm after
I've looked under tables
I try to find the key
To fifty million fables
I've been searching low and high
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die
I asked the Beatles [The questions to my mother]
I asked Timothy Leary [I bought tickets just anywhere]
But he couldn't help me either [Hoping to discover]
I've been searching low and high
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die
'Cause I never smile
As I ransack their homes
They wanna shake my hand
Focused in on nowhere
Investigating miles
I'm a Seeker, I'm a really desperate man!
Till the day I die
Yeah, but look at my face
Ain't this a smile?
I'm happy when life's good
And when it's bad, I cry
I got values
But I don't know how or why
You're looking for you!
We're looking at each other
And we don't know what to do!
I've been searching low and high
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die
Till the day I die!