The Howl & The Hum - The Only Boy Racer Left On The Island
When I was young I said this town would live in my dustMy father said my boy that life’s not for the likes of us
But the boys in the street in the fast cars they kept turning heads
I said ‘boy they’re real man dad one day I’ll be one of them’
The only boy racer left on the island
They say you could hear the engines from the mainland, yeah
Like when I was ten saw the high street heroes speeding round the bend
But those engines got sold when the speed freaks settled down in the south
I guess masculinity’s a pursuit left to the embers of youth
The only boy racer left on the island
The lonely joys of holding on
The vines and leaves all gathering on
The only boy racer left on the island
No man gets left behind
Written by:
Bradley Blackwell, Conor Hirons, Jack Williams, Samuel Griffiths
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