Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Arcade Fire
Canonical path: /the-arcade-fire/goodnight-boy
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Goodnight boy
Read Goodnight boy lyrics by Arcade Fire on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Goodnight boy
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The story I wrote as a kid,
So yeah, I felt so scared
Watching the flames crayon red.
This kid hung on me too.
So I had to hide in a church,
Just me and the town mayor,
And his son who was handicapped.
Who wouldn't be quiet,
unless his dad would sing him a song.
So yeah, it wasn't long
Before they found out just where we were.
But I wasn't mad, at that kid at all.
I just felt sorta sad when his dad said
"Goodnight, boy.
Go to sleep, boy.
Shut up, boy, for me."
Then the troops rush in..
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