Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Durutti Column
Canonical path: /the-durutti-column/missing-boy
Related lyric paths: 6
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Missing Boy
Read Missing Boy lyrics by The Durutti Column on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Missing Boy
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There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend
The dream was wrought
Where thoughts were heard
Love is reserved
From previous times
Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order
Watch with obsession
Some accident of beauty
Try to capture
As the light begins to fail
Shapes to compose
Shadows of frailty
The dream is better
Dissolves into softness
But the end
The end is always the same
Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order
There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend
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