Darren Hayes - A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do

It was a coal town.

He spent his whole life

In a hole in the ground-

Smashing pieces of earth.

He never really saw the sky.

It was a hard life,

But little black rocks make televisions work,

And put food on the table.

Until the unions cast him aside.

Now there’s a hundred challenging things a boy can do.

And you’ve waved goodbye,

And held more tears in-

Than anyone ever should.

And all my sorrows pale to insignificance-

That’s why I love you.

She was in a strange land.

She taught herself to read

From doing crosswords and hiding her accent.

She cast her dreams aside.

She had a spark in her eye.

She never saw her son on his wedding day.

Or our cherry blossoms falling down from the sky.

Now there’s a hundred challening things a boy can do.

And you’ve waved goodbye,

And held more tears in-

Than anyone ever should.

And all my sorrow pales to insignificance-

That’s why I love you.

No coal mines-

No, not a trace.

Now shopping malls take their place.

No picket lines.

The sacrifice-

Dreams overrun.

Hopes for a future for her son in Ollerton.

And there’s a hundred challenging things a boy can do.

And you’ve waved goodbye,

And held more tears in-

Than anyone ever should.

All my sorrows pale into insignificance-

That’s why she loves you.

Wave goodbye-

Wave goodbye.

Say goodbye to you.

Wave goodbye-

Wave goodbye.

Say goodbye to you.

END