Songs:Paper Boy (105256)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

The first job I ever had was delivering newspapers in the village of Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland. Those early mornings gave me a feeling of freedom and contentment and the paper opened the world to me. I hope I'll always be that paper boy. [[1]]

Lyrics

PAPER BOY

Down to the agent's shop I'd go
I'd shoulder my bag down the Irvine Road
Past the council houses, row on row
When I was a paper boy
With the Daily Record and the People's Friend
I'd go down to the Sunnyside again
Under the bridge where the railway bends
When I was a paper boy

And my feet flew in the morning light
Racing the dawn as the sky grew bright
And everything in the world was right
When I was a paper boy
I'd walk the morning and the empty streets
Would ring to the sound of my own two feet
And I'd walk in step to my own heartbeat
When I was a paper boy

As the rain rolled down the back of my neck
I delivered the news of death and sex
Rhodesia, Speck and Malcolm X
When I was a paper boy
Crow in a tree top way up high
Hung as a warning, left to die
And the moaning wind in the morning sky
When I was a paper boy 

Words and Music: ©David Francey (Ayer's Cliff, Quebec, February 24, 1998)

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Paper Boy by David Francey SONG
on the album Far End Of Summer Buy David Francey at CD-Baby Any album (including Far End Of Summer)	Request this song: Paper Boy (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (34 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 2:21 Times played: 30 People hearing: 1030 Times requested: 20 First played: Jun 13th, 2006 Last played: Nov 28th, 2008 Previously played: Oct 19th, 2008 Song ID#: 105256	Listener rankings: 5 stars=Esther ♦ Kelli ♦ Phillip ♦ Big Daddy Lee ♦ Jim ♦ dolcefarniente ♦ Peterdale ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Bleau ♦ Kazookid ♦ countrydave ♦ aex ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ Mert ♦ Keystone traveler ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Billybones ♦ Amishlaw ♦ Jellis ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ Kingfisher ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Cub Driver 4 stars=Pyrite ♦ 65strat ♦ Cater ♦ sparx ♦ Firewalk ♦ Flying Trout ♦ Sodatown ♦ Messtaken ♦ Doctordoug ♦ DBB ♦ Scobey