Andrew Gold Lonely Boy

From his 1976 album What s Wrong With This Picture (There are actually 32 things wrong with the picture. Lyrics: He was born on a summer day, 1951 And with the slap of a hand He had landed as an only son His mother and father said what a lovely boy We ll teach him what we learned Ah yes, just what we learned We ll dress him up warmly and We ll send him to school It ll teach 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 In the summer of 53 his mother Brought him a sister But she told him we must attend to her needs She s so much younger than you Well, he ran down the hall and he cried Oh, how could his parents have lied When they said he was an only son He thought he was the only one Oh, oh, what a lonely boy Oh, what a lonely bo