The boy's gone The boy's gone home The boy's gone The boy's gone home What will happen to a face in the crowd When it finally gets too crowded And what will happen to the origins of sound After all the sounds have sounded Well I hope, I never have to see that day But by God, I know it's headed our way So I better be happy now that the boy's gone home The boy's gone home And what becomes of a day for those Who rage against it And who will sum up the phrase for all Left standing around in it Well I suppose we'll all make our judgement calls We'll walk it alone, stand up tall Then march to the fall So we better be happy now that we'll all go home Oh yeah, we'll all go home Be so happy with the way you are Just be happy that you made it this far Go on be happy now, please be happy now Because you say that this, this is something else, alright I say that this, this is a something else, alright I say that this, ooh this is something, this is something else Ohh, th-th-this is ohh Th-th-this is, yeah Th-th-this is all something else Well I tried to live my life and live it so well But when it's all over is it Heaven or is it Hell So I better be happy now that no one can tell So nobody knows I'm gonna be happy with the way that I am I'm gonna be happy with all that I stand for And I'm gonna be happy now because the boy's going home The boy's going home The boy is going home The boy is going home The boy is going home The boy is going home The boy is going home