A nervous boy in several ways I never knew the world could operate this way I was nervous when we stopped to speak and the world came crashing around my feet
We don't talk of love we're much too shy but nervously we wonder when and why
A nervous boy in spite of which I never thought I could tremble as much as this Your flashing eyes and sudden smiles are never quite at ease and neither am I
Oh we'll talk about it all some night but nervously we never get it Right from the start I approved of you right from the moment you turned to face me
A nervous boy from another town with a nervous laugh and a concentrated frown I spoke too fast with watchful eyes of a recent past and some nostalgic surprise
We don't talk of love we're much too shy but nervously we wonder when and smile knowing why I approved of you right from the moment you turned to face me a nervous boy
The end of the world
Floods of tears and doors slamming Stamping feet across the landing because of your obligation to stay home and fight Sitting down to a composition Test the limits of your inhibition If the phone hasn't rung by midnight it's over tonight
If someone tried you'd realise it's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world
Piles of toast and broken promises among the books and pens and reading glasses It seems there's no escape from the humdrum It's over and done
If someone tried you'd realise it's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world If someone cried you'd sympathise It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world
At midnight in desperation imagine total teenage destruction
The Prophets all predicted extinction The Virgin spoke in apparitions And if it all came to pass now you feel we'd all deserve it somehow
But if someone tried (you'd realise) you'd realise (and sympathise) it's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world If someone cried (you'd sympathise) you'd sympathise (and realise) It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world It's not the end