Pick a boy and offer him the planet on a plate Raise him up to see the ins and outs of love and hate Give him an inkling of how it all began And golden child becomes a driven man He doesn't sleep alone any more He doesn't lift the phone with the flourish of yore And each slice of life goes through to the bone He knows more than he ever did before Buy the boy some pretty things to keep him in the nest Sweeten his tooth for him with nothing but the best Hit him with everything and stop him if you can When golden child becomes a driven man And he doesn't sleep alone any more He doesn't lift the phone with the flourish of yore And each slice of life goes through to the bone He knows more than he ever did before Watch the boy behave himself with gratitude and tact Dot the 'i's and cross the 't's until he spots the fact That life's fabled poetry doesn't even scan And golden child becomes a driven man
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