He was born on a summer day, 1951
And with a slap of a 1 , he had landed as an only son
His mother and father said, "What a lovely boy
We'll 2 him what we learned, ah, yes, just what we learned
We'll dress him up 3 , and we'll send him to school
It'll teach him how to fight, to be nobody's 4 "

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy

In the 5 of '53, his mother brought him a sister
And she told him, "We must 6 to her needs
She's so much younger than you"
Well, he ran down the hall and he 7
Oh, how could his parents have lied?
When they said he was 8 only son
He thought he was their only one

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, 9 a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy

He left home on a winter day, 1969
And he hoped to find all the love he had lost in that earlier time
Well, his sister grew up, and she married a man
He gave her a son, ah, yes, a lovely son
They dressed him up warmly, they sent him to school
It taught him how to fight, to be nobody's fool

Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy

Whoa-whoa-whoa, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy