Mat Kearney - "What's A Boy to Do?"

I'm sure that I'm moving to St Louis
Three long years wondering here in New York City
I guess I'm looking for the right way to do this
I guess I'm looking for the right things to call pretty
Young boys playing in the park turning their backs to take a shot
You know I'll stay sharp around here 'cause they're stoning and leaving type
It's the kind of love that comes and goes when there's company coming around

What's a boy to do who knows no man now?
What's a boy to do who knows no man now?

Daddy's been looking down his nose at all of them
And I've been looking round for someone to tell me who I am
He kept saying I was to young to finish a fight
I'd die each time they came I never got to draw my knife
Well it was just a pair of shoes in a middle school room with the world watching in
And angel is crying I'm dying just a little inside as they ran away
Funny which words stick around 20 years down when you're driving alone

What's a boy to do when there's no man at home?
What's a boy to do when there's no man at home?

Well I'll stack all my books in perfect rows
From the biggest down to the smallest ones
And I buy all the perfect clothes
Bullet proof and black, where I look like a son

Well it was just a rain night at his house
A bottle spinning around the room
And everybody's singing and slipping down the bottom of a halfway rush of blood
And I was grabbing Missy but I was trying to find the light switch in the dark

What's a boy to do with no man in his heart?
What's a boy to do with no man in his heart?

It's all quiet for the first time
With no voices left to fall
I saw a boy at the bottom of the bridge
His car was left there on the top
It's four o'clock in the morning
Didn't need to be like this
There's a white sheet left to cover up
What should have been a holy kiss
It's not like those days
It's not like I'm scared of you

What's the son of man and a boy to do?
What's the son of man and a boy to you?

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[akm10293]

this song is so beautiful...but sad...

[FatDancingHippo]

Best song ever

[Hodgestic]

Nice commercial, but I have to wait 2 minutes to know if this is political.

[Hodgestic]

This is a GREATTTTTT SONGGGGGGG!!!!!!

I was listening to this working on Excel, and now I'm in a state of melancholy.

[KKOPPI]

He sounds like a lower pitched Chris Martin

[NJDcfc]

I'm not sure if this is really the connection that should be made but a friend of mine lost his father when he was young, at the age of 17 he's now a drug dealer. I honestly wish I could trade places with his father because I know his kid can do so much better. I heard this song a long time ago but last night cried for about an hour just thinking the life he could've had. But what can you do right? He's made his own decisions but I know if he were to have this man at home it would be different.

[TheMattLeeK]

@rjaafar pray to Jesus.

[rjaafar]

this guy and his music have gotten me through some pretty rough times

im not out of the water yet, but i can always look forward to hearing his songs

[summ3rdreamin]

One of the best songs I know that not only has emotion in it.. but Mat definitely put his heart into this song. This is beautiful..

[DiscoSheriffIsaac]

@Recovrd1 How about you be the mature one and just leave it be.  Laughing at fools is the only thing they're good for.

[Recovrd1]

@MattWn20 Wow, you have a lot of anger. I'm sure you are a miserable person on the inside. Try and respect others, not curse them. I'm sure you will understand one day when you grow up and expand your vocabulary further than cliche four letter words and don't involve yourself so heavily in the fulmination of God. Then again, you may never understand this, you don't seem bright at all, so I shouldn't assume you would understand a concept so simple.