Toy Boy

Chords

Standard

D                           G
I'm a wind up toy in an up-down world
           A                            D
If you leave me all alone I'll make a mess for sure
          D                       G
I've a heart of gold in the smallest size
A                                    D
Leave me in the dark and never hear me cry

D                             G
More than an illustration
A                        D
Points of articulation
D                           G
Come to life on a brass spring
A                            Asus4
Such a wonderful plaything

D                                    G
It's a cruel cross that I have to bear
A                                                            D
If you come a little close I'm going to pull your hair
                   D                    G
More than just a toy in a patched blue suit
A                                                   D
Hold me in your arms I'm just a boy like you

                 D                                        G
But your mama thought there was something wrong
A                                                   D
Didn't want you sleeping with a boy too long
          D                                G
It's a serious thing in the grown-up world
A                                                D
Maybe you'd be better with a Barbie girl

D                            G
You knew that I adored ya
A                               D
But you left me in Georgia
D                              G
Toys are not sentimental
A                             Asus4
How could I be for rental

                    D                               G
She's the meanest hag that has ever been
  A                                                    D
Pulled out my insides with an old safety pin 
              D                            G
I'm the sorest sight now I feel like trash
   A                                                              D
Clothes are made of rags and they don't even match

               D                                 G
So she dressed me up as the man she loved
   A                                                   D
Threw me in a box when she had had enough
                D                        G
Now the light of day I no longer see
          A                                                            D
She stuck her voodoo pins where my eyes used to be

D                    G
Accidentally tragic
A                               D
Victim of her black magic
D                                 G
Had a boy once who loved m
A                             Asus4
Now he's so afraid of me

          D                                          G
On a long lost day when you're grey and old
A                             D
You'll be there remembering your old toy boy
                    D                                      G 
When your oldest son's wondering what to be
A                                   D
Tell him the story of a boy like me