he was always such a nice boy
the quiet one
with good intentions
he was down for his brother
respectful to his mother
a good boy
but good don’t get attention
one kid with a promise
the brightest kid in school
he’s not a fool
reading books about science and smart stuff
it’s not enough no
’cause smart don’t make you cool whoa
pre
he’s not invisible anymore
with his father’s nine and a broken fuse
since he walked through that classroom door
he’s all over primetime news
mary’s got the same size hands
as marilyn monroe
she put her fingers in the imprints
at manns chinese theater show
she couldve been a movie star
never got the chance to go that far
her life was stole
now we’ll never know
no no no no oh
they were crying to the camera
said he never fitted in
he wasn’t welcomed
he showed up to the parties
we was hanging in
some guys puttin’ him down
bullying him ’round round
now i wish i wouldve talked to him
gave him the time of day
not turn away
if i wouldve been the one to maybe go this far
he might have stayed at home
playing angry chords on his
pre
he’s not invisible anymore
with his baggy pants and his legs in chains
since he walked through that classroom door
everybody knows his name
mary’s got the same size hands oh
as marilyn monroe
she put her fingers in the imprints oh
at manns chinese theater show
she couldve been a movie star she couldve been a movie star oh
never got the chance to go that far
her life was stole
now we’ll never know
now we’ll never know oh
greg was always getting net from 0 feet away 0 feet away
he had a try out with the sixers
couldn’t wait for saturday saturday
now we’re never gonna see him slam
flying high as kobe can
his life was stole stole
oh now we’ll never know
now we’ll never never never know
mm now we’ll never never never never know
stole stole
oh whoa yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
mary’s got the same size hands same size hands
as marilyn monroe oh
she put her fingers in the imprints
at mann’s chinese theater show she was gonna be a star
she couldve been a movie star oh no
never got the chance to go that far never got the chance
her life was stole stole stole
oh now we’ll never know
now we’ll never never know no
greg was always getting net from 0 feet away he had game oh
he had a tryout with the sixers
couldn’t wait for saturday
now we’re never gonna see him slam never see him
flying high as kobe can
his life was stole stole oh
oh now we’ll never know
now we’ll never never know
oh no no no
yeah their lives were stole
now we’ll never know
we were here all together yesterday
Artist: Kelly Rowland
Year: 2002
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 298