WHEN I WAS A BOY
performed on:
One of the most notorious cuts from CARTOONS, featuring Nick alone on piano singing bits and pieces from other pop songs. Practically nobody found reason to defend this, so it was something of a shock when it was among the rarities played for the first time ever at the 11/19/01 show, and stretched much longer than its brief album running time.
when I was a boy
everything was right
everything was right
I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip
I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip
It's always tease tease tease
You're happy when I'm on my knees
NO ONE CAN PENETRATE ME
I've got this burning burning yearning
Feeling inside me, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad
Be a little bit wiser, baby
Put it on, put it on
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one
I'm so lonesome every day
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet
you always wanted me to be something I wasn't
you always wanted too much
now I can do what I want to forever
how'm I gonna get through?