Billy Bragg – The Boy Done Good (Official Video)

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‘The Boy Done Good’ is taken from Bragg’s 1997 outtakes compilation ‘Bloke On Bloke’. The song tells the story of one `of life's eternal subs’ who always got picked last for the football team but found true love with a girl now that he’s `put my boots away’. The video plays on the football theme by interspersing Billy’s performance with footage of mainly girls playing the beautiful game.

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Lyrics:
Strange as it may seem, I once had my football dreams
But I was always the last one, the last to get chosen
When my classmates picked their teams

I guess that was the way it stayed in every game I played
Life just tripped me and clattered and kicked me
Till you picked me from the parade

Now I feel like I've won the cup every time that we make love
Forty-five minutes each way, at halftime I hear a brass band play

The boy done good, the girl done better
The seasons turn and we're still together
The sky is still blue and tomorrow is another day

You weren't that kind of a girl who likes her studs to be covered in mud
Taking you to the pictures was a regular fixture for one of life's eternal subs

I tried hard acting tough, but I just can't stand the taste of that stuff
Like some macho park player I got in the way of
In some grudge match against his club
But I'm happier how I am today now I've put my boots away
I guess I'll never get picked to play my song on match of the day

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