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Artist: Barbara Dickson
Canonical path: /barbara-dickson/the-boy-next-door
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Boy Next Door
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The Boy Next Door
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Viv : Then I saw him
Young Viv : Then I saw him
Viv : Mr Right appeared before too long
Making up for everything that's -
Young Viv : Wrong in my life, just by existing
Now I can sing a different song
Who cares if he's rich or poor
The boy next door...
Oh, the boy next door
Could he be the answer to my prayer?
Looked across the wall,
Looked across the wall and he were there
Tall and handsome, now I'm goggle-eyed
Long to tell him what I feel inside
Oh, the boy next door
What about the way he looked at me?
Well, he fancies me, it's plain to see
Oh, the boy next door
Keith : Oh, the girl next door
Suddenly, my heart begins to ache
She's the one for me
She's the one for me and no mistake
Flowers blooming now that she is near
Will she whisper what I long to hear?
Oh, the girl next door
Tiny angel fallen from the sky
Young and beautiful and kinda shy
Wooh
Oh, the girl next door
Viv : It must be love
You waited and waited
It must be love
You're getting frustrated
He lives with his gran
You live with a man
It's too complicated
It must be love
It must be love
Your feelings are hidden
It must be love
The fruit is forbidden
You're already wed
The trouble ahead
Can't be overridden
It must be love
Oh, the girl next door
Married with a kid, she's quite a catch
Oh, the boy next door
Likes to pick his teeth clean with a match
Storms are brewing, and they're bound to come
Cupid's arrow sticking in yer bum
Oh, the boy next door
No, it's not the stuff of true romance
If you stuck a padlock on his pants
Couldn't make it no harder to score
With the boy next door
Keith : Oh, the girl next door
Young Viv : Oh, the boy next door
Oh the boy next door
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