Shy Boy - JD McPherson

This thing trips on the shortest of lips

and when the winter wind is blowing cold

I got a big old heart

One malicious remark just might hit me like a lightning bolt

They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk

I carry such a heavy load

You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don’t you know

I’m a shy boy

I’m headed to the wall

at the top of the steps feeling like a smoking gun

Talking to the voices that don’t talk back

It’s you and me that I’m running from

They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk

I carry such a heavy load

You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don’t you know

I’m a shy boy

A little baby cries out when he meets the world

The new day fears a setting sun

Talking to strangers always scared me to death and now here I am talking to one

They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk

I carry such a heavy load

You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don’t you know

I’m a shy boy

Can you truly take this fear away?

I keep it under lock and key

What if I make a mistake?

I might not know what to say

Why do you put this burden on me?

They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk

I carry such a heavy load

You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don’t you know

I’m a shy boy