Boy Next Door

Song Boy Next Door
Artist Richard Marx
Album Days in Avalon [Jive]

Lyrics

[00:32.16] Born at the end of a Minnesota freeze
[00:35.54] Eldest child of Willy and Louise
[00:39.09] His little sister died at the age of four
[00:43.62]
[00:45.05] The family posed led by Louise
[00:47.96] Like right out of some kind of Rockwell scene
[00:51.75] But Jake couldn't fake it anymore
[00:55.87]
[00:57.97] Nobody heard the hammer falling
[01:01.12] Sensed that judgement day was calling
[01:04.43] Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
[01:09.27]
[01:10.80] Everybody loves to point their finger
[01:13.85] They might as well have pulled the trigger
[01:17.20] Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door
[01:21.62]
[01:23.61] Willy later said he really should've known
[01:26.75] The boy spent too much time on his own
[01:30.26] And what was on his mind God only knew
[01:34.62]
[01:36.35] One by one the neighbors went away
[01:39.62] A gruesome little game Jake taught himself to play
[01:43.13] His daddy always said find something to do
[01:47.25]
[01:49.28] Nobody heard the hammer falling
[01:52.42] Sensed that judgement day was calling
[01:55.57] Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
[02:00.15]
[02:02.15] Everybody loves to point their finger
[02:05.15] They might as well have pulled the trigger
[02:08.36] Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door
[02:12.88]
[02:15.78] One less mistake to think about
[02:21.23] Cause no one read the writing on the wall
[02:25.85]
[02:28.40] So much for case 1239
[02:33.54]
[02:34.13] Covered up curled up in a ball
[02:39.86]
[03:06.07] One little page in the history of crime
[03:09.86] Lawyers made a fortune for their time
[03:12.87] Seems an explanation was never found
[03:17.55]
[03:18.90] And I hope this tale won't be misunderstood
[03:22.37] Things ain't the same in every neighborhood
[03:25.97] But before you go to sleep tonight
[03:29.73]
[03:32.23] Look around
[03:33.80]
[03:35.81] Nobody heard the hammer falling
[03:38.96] Sensed that judgement day was calling
[03:42.22] Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
[03:46.75]
[03:48.66] Everybody loves to point their finger
[03:51.96] They might as well have pulled the trigger
[03:55.01] Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door