Boy From Manchester

There was a boy from Manchester

Who never quite fit in

With his curly hair and light skin

He kinda sounds American

His dad was never home

He was a rolling stone

And his friends called him crazy

When he used to say

I don't like football and I don't play cricket

I don't like hip-hop and I don't play reggae

Don't like Oasis, don't play P Diddy

Don't wanna get wasted, don't want your pity

There was a girl back in high school

Who said he wasn't cool

He would write her some love songs

She'd laugh at him then move on

With braces on his face

Too skinny round the waste

He was never one of the cool kids

'Cause he used to say

I don't like football and I don't play cricket

I don't like hip-hop and I don't play reggae

Don't like Oasis, don't play Tom Petty

Don't wanna get wasted, don't want your pity

I'm just a boy from Manchester

Just tryna do my best

My curly hair's amazing

My accent is fading

The things you hate

Will become your traits, yeah

My friends still they call me

They tell me I'm crazy

But not much has changed since the old days

Still don't like football, still don't play cricket

Still don't like hip-hop, but I do play reggae

And I like Oasis and I play Tom Petty

Sometimes get wasted, now I love this city

And we're all laughing now

We're all laughing now

Now we're all winning!

Now we're all winning!

And we're all laughing now

We're all laughing now

Now we're all winning!

Now we're all winning!

And I'm just a boy from Manchester