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The Boy Done Good (Live at The Old Church)

from Live at The Old Church by Adam Beattie

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Recorded live at The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London

This song also appears on the studio album 'Somewhere Round The Bend' (2021)

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I don't want to set the world on fire
I don't want to climb any higher
I just want to get a little word
In the newspaper I used to deliver, something like:
"Local boy done good"

I don't want to compete down there
So much noise in the air
That even when you can win one's ear
There's such a din
that they'll never really hear you
But I still want to do good

I just want to be
a hero in my hometown
Get a little hello
when I come back around
I just want to be understood
For my old next door neighbour to say: "The boy’s done good"

I don't want to be a millionaire
I don't want my name lit up
in Time square
I don't want to be big in Japan
People coming to my grave like Elvis in Graceland
But I still want to do good

I just want to play your living room
Sitting round a campfire
playing my tunes
Singing my songs on a Paris street
Or in the little bar
where the locals meet
And it's gonna be sweet

I just want to be
a hero in my hometown
I don’t wanna let my parents down
The only thing I wanted
since my childhood
Was for my mum and my dad to say:
"Our boy’s done good"

And then one day
when I'm dead and gone
I don't need to be talked about
for all that long
Maybe a couple of words spoken by the grave, something like:
"He was honest and he was brave and he worked hard,
and the boy done good"

I just want to be
a hero in my hometown
I won’t need much
when I’m dead in the ground
Maybe a couple of friends
gathered around
And maybe a little sign made of wood
That says, something like:
"The boy done good"

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from Live at The Old Church, released March 17, 2023
Words and music by Adam Beattie

Adam Beattie (vocals, guitars)
Fiona Bevan (vocals, double bass)
Mikey Kenney (violin, vocals)
Chris Jones (drums, percussion)
Zac Gvirtzman (accordion, saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet)

Mixed and mastered by Tom Archer

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Adam Beattie Scotland, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Adam Beattie has released 5 studio albums. His latest album ‘Somewhere Round The Bend’ received critical acclaim, "Uplifting reveries of love" - MOJO Magazine, "5/5 Master of powerful narratives” - RnR MAGAZINE, “8/10 “Stirring folk balladry” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT, “A very fine record, full of great moments” - RODDY HART, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND ... more

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