Boys Can Never Tell (feat. J. Roddy Walston) - Shovels & Rope, J Roddy Walston and the Business

If Daddy says the mountain’s come off you must believe him true

I will build a science and create a world for you

And I’ll protect you from yourself and the tendencies you’ve shown

'Cause the world will see a man like you as weak and under grown

And I’m gonna love you son, even if you love no one

This thing you will learn too well

Boys can never tell

Boys can never tell

You should bite your tongue and will your words to fail

Boys can never tell

You’re a lady without warnin' and I’ve been loyal mean

This is not the body you were born in and I can prove it with what I have seen

So I will raise you tough, build you strong and crown you king

You will put me in the ground and choose yourself a queen

And I’m gonna love you son, even if you love no one

This thing you will learn too well

Boys can never tell

Boys can never tell

You should bite your tongue and will your words to fail

Boys can never tell

I don’t expect you to understand how much it took to care

I built you out of half my blood and filled your lungs with air

I only had you to make your mother stay

But when you came she left all the same

So I have learned what love is and what it cannot be

But I will not speak of it, until you will speak of me

And I’m gonna love you son, even if you love no one

This thing you will learn too well

Boys can never tell

Boys can never tell

You should bite your tongue and will your words to fail

Boys can never tell