DESCRIPTION:
'Boy' written by Thomas Oliver.

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Thomas Oliver – lap steel, Weissenborn, piano, acoustic guitar.
Ed Zuccollo – Hammond organ.
Nick George – drums.
Vesa-Matti Leppanen – violin.
Yuka Eguchi – violin.
Anna van der Zee – violin.
Kristina Zelinska – violin.
Julia Joyce – viola.
Andrew Thomson – viola.
Andrew Joyce – cello.
Ken Ichinose – cello.
Joan Perarnau Garriga – double bass

String arrangement written by Rhian Sheehan.
Additional arrangements and orchestration by Ryan Youens.
Mixed by Trina Shoemaker with Thomas Oliver.
Strings recorded by Neil Maddever at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington.
Drums recorded by Lee Prebble at Surgery Studios, Wellington.

Lyrics:

I was fifteen years old when I first ran away from home
I had six beers inside me, a skateboard, and one set of clothes I was never gonna last long 'cause, hell, I was just a boy
Now I'm older and I'm drunker and I still skateboard
Which day did I become a man? Was it the first that time I ran?
I was sixteen years old when I first loved a girl
I still remember what it felt like and just how much it hurt
When I couldn't make her want me, no matter how close we were I don't seem to get hurt anymore; maybe that's because of her
What made me into a man? Was it love I couldn't have? Which day did I become a man?
Have I ever even changed?
'Cause I still feel the same
Maybe manhood's just a simple numbers game
I was nineteen years old when I first got my face kicked in
They rolled me and they stole my things and left me on the road
I was just a little different inside me, from that day on
And, though I don't like to admit it, now I don't take shit from anyone
Was I turned into a man?
By cold bare-knuckled hands?
Which day did I become a man?
Could I write it on my hand?
Is it something that somebody planned?
Which day did I become a man?