The Facts of Life - Black Box Recorder.mp3

[00:57.72]When boys are just eleven
[00:58.59]They begin to grow in height at a fast rate than they have done before
[01:04.81]They develop curiosity and start to fantasize
[01:14.52]About the things they have never thought of doing before
[01:18.47]These dreams are no more harmful than
[01:27.53]The usual thoughts that boys have of becoming football stars or millionaires
[01:32.47]As long as the distinction between fantasy and fiction remains
[01:43.97]It's just a nature walk
[01:53.05]It's just the facts of life
[01:56.58]There's no master plan
[02:00.07]Walk me home from school
[02:03.26]I'll let you hold my hand
[02:07.24]You're getting ideas
[02:14.17]And when you sleep at night
[02:16.86]They develop into sweet dreams
[02:20.60]It's just the facts of life
[02:26.32]A boy sits by the telephone, wanting to call a girl
[02:29.37]But not daring to because she might say no
[02:33.10]At last he summons up the courage phones
[02:35.36]And discovers someone else has asked her first and she's said yes
[02:38.95]Now's time to deal with the fear of being rejected
[02:43.43]No-one gets through life without being hurt
[02:47.22]At this point the boy who's listening to this song
[02:49.62]Is probably saying it's easier said than done and it's true
[02:53.36]It's just the facts of life
[02:56.74]There's no master plan
[03:00.38]Walk me home from school
[03:03.77]I'll let you hold my hand
[03:08.15]You're getting ideas
[03:14.48]And when you sleep at night
[03:17.37]They develop into sweet dreams
[03:20.85]It's just the facts of life
[04:16.63]Small-town dating differs from more urban situations
[04:19.02]In particular if there's few places to go
[04:23.00]Adolescents normally gather in a cafe or an arcade
[04:26.70]If they have to almost anywhere will do
[04:30.50]A family car, a disused coalmine
[04:33.98]A rowing boat or a shed
[04:37.57]Experimentation, familiarization
[04:40.65]It's all a nature walk
[04:43.40]It's just the facts of life
[04:47.07]There's no master plan
[04:50.60]Walk me home from school
[04:53.79]I'll let you hold my hand
[04:57.77]You're getting ideas
[05:04.54]And when you sleep at night
[05:07.77]They develop into sweet dreams
[05:11.43]It's just the facts of life
[05:18.90]It's just the facts of life (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[05:22.78]There's no master plan (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
[05:26.12]Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[05:29.35]I'll let you hold my hand (Let you hold my hand)
[05:34.34]You're getting ideas (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[05:40.16]And when you sleep at night (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
[05:42.90]They develop into sweet dreams (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[05:46.25]It's just the facts of life
[05:54.28]It's just the facts of life(Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[05:57.97]There's no master plan (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
[06:01.45]Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[06:04.58]I'll let you hold my hand (Let you hold my hand)