Name: Boys
Duration: P00H04M11S
Description: Jennifer wrote this song for her children, Carlyle and Max, about living in Brooklyn the fall of the 9/11 terror attacks. The boys were two and three years old at the time.

Boys

from The Lonesome Sea by Jennifer Milich & The Lonesome Sea

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Jennifer wrote this song for her children, Carlyle and Max, about living in Brooklyn the fall of the 9/11 terror attacks. The boys were two and three years old at the time.

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there's a funeral home on my corner
cars double park up the street this morning
someone's wife, her first name was Louisa
my favorite name for a girl

I say boys, it's time
it's time
it's time for school
come on boys, it's time
it's time for school

I think firetrucks make them sad
the boys they still worry, "do you think they feel better now?"
I'm sure some of the first things they'll remember
everyone telling them, "look at the firemen"
Boys, say hi, go on boys
say hi, it's alright. say hi, it's alright

my father keeps asking me to move back to Jersey
think about it here, a big house, your own car
nobody's working, my landlady sighs
I'm gonna let you slide
just this one time

the couple downstairs, they break up
her beautiful couch sits on the corner
he comes down to wait for the moving van
asks for the boys, says, "you know,
I like superman, too"

say hi, go on boys, it's alright
go on boys
it's alright, it's alright
go on boys, it's alright.....

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from The Lonesome Sea, released December 27, 2017
Music and lyrics by Jennifer Milich

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