Jian Ghomeshi - Lousy Boy lyrics

[Verse 1] When I was four I thought I was a girl I had a doll and my hair would curl My sister let me play with her Her silly little toy brother She and Leslie put me in a dress We all laughed, I was a pretty mess I learned later that this was wrong Boys don't dress up if they're going to be long [Chorus 1] And fair, is fair, take a shot if you dare No guy shies from a fight on a Thornhill summer night And a man, is a man if he's got a gun in his hand Well, I never wanted to destroy, I always made a lousy boy [Verse 2] Sometimes you gotta live within your skin Sometimes you gotta take a shot on the chin Thirteen years old and I didn't wanna get caught They set the tussle for Mac's parking lot Me and some kid I was supposed to hate Two gladiators coming out of grade eight And every instinct telling me that I should hide I swallowed hard and I swallowed my pride [Chorus 1] And fair, is fair, take a shot if you dare No guy shies from a fight on a Thornhill summer night And a man, is a man if he's got a gun in his hand Well, I never wanted to destroy, I always made a lousy boy [Verse 3] I sing these words and I remember that night I'll grow some wrinkles but I think I'm alright Sometimes I'm vulnerable, sometimes I cry I won't join any tribe living a lie And I know guys who are just like me They like hockey and poetry I think in retrospect that we have won I'm a full-grown man and I don't own a gun [Chorus 2] And fair, is fair, take a shot if you care Some guys shy from a fight on a Thornhill summer night If a man, is a man when he's got a gun in his hand Well I never learned to destroy, I always made a lousy boy I always made a lousy boy