WEE GUYS (BOBBY’S GOT A PUNCTURED LUNG)

Wee guys
Not looking for trouble
Wee guys
Don’t even have stubble
Wee guys
Got nothing to do except spit

Wee guys
And so they stand on their corners
Wee guys
They’re just defending the honour
Wee guys
Of this patch of the town they call home

Somebody looked at him
Then someone said something
The kitchen knife came out before a punch was even flung
Now Bobby’s got a punctured lung

Wee guys
Well, nobody meant it
Wee guys
It’s just so hard to prevent it
Wee guys
Boys will be boys after all
Wee guys
The cops have been asking
Wee guys
But nobody’s grassing
Wee guys
That’s not how it’s done around here

Somebody looked at him
Then someone said something
The kitchen knife came out before a punch was even flung
Now Bobby’s got a punctured lung

Another Friday night
Another daft wee fight
Nobody seems quite sure how it even all begun
Now Bobby’s got a punctured lung

Bobby’s big brother says he’s gonna knock him out
Bobby’s big brother says he’s gonna knock him out
Bobby’s big brother says he’s gonna knock him out…


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