Brand New Boy
Fred Eaglesmith Lyrics

Six dollars an hour ain't enough to live on
Earning just six dollars an hour is not sufficient to sustain basic livelihood.

Even in just a shack
Even if you live in a small place or spending less, it is yet not enough.

And the tips in a small town are so small
In a small town, the tips are also meager.

You may as well just give 'em back
It's worth giving them back as there is nothing much to gain out of those tips.

And the rain on the roof made such a racket
The noise from the rain on the rooftop was so loud that you couldn't think at peace.

You couldn't hear yourself think
It was challenging to concentrate or focus with all the noise and chaos around.

Still I wish I was back there
In spite of all this, I still desire to be back there.

In that old shack with her
To be there in that small place with her loved one.

Dancing to any old thing
Just dancing to any music that's playing, without any specific choice or preference.

But she's got a brand new boy
The woman has found a new boyfriend in her life.

And he takes all her pain away
This new boyfriend is someone who can make her feel good and help her forget all her sorrows.

And they fly angels and stars and rainbows
They share such a connection that feels almost heavenly and magical to them.

And the night turns back into day
Their bond is so strong that even the darkest of nights start feeling like bright daylight.

She tells me she loves me
The woman still loves our protagonist.

But she never loved me that way
But she never loved him the way she loves her new boyfriend.

And what can she say
There's nothing she can say to make it right, to fix it.

But she's sorry
All she can feel is regret and remorse for the situation she has put him in now.

And I used to love her more than any other
Our protagonist loved her more than anyone else in the world.

More than any other could know
No one could understand how much he loved her.

And I used to hold her
He used to hold her close and want the feeling of never letting her go.

And I always told her
He always expressed his feelings of love to her.

That I would never let her go
He promised her that nothing could ever come in between them or separate them.

And the rights and the wrongs
In this journey of love, there were a lot of decisions that were right and wrong.

And the in-between songs
In those moments of pauses and silence, where they realized they wanted for now and in the future.

And shuffle on down the road
Their path on this journey was not always steady, and they had to keep moving on.

And the next time that greyhound
Next time when he travels by the bus.

Pulls into this here town
When the bus reaches this town, where they had once lived together.

I'll be the one to go
He would be the one to leave this town behind without looking back.

She's got a brand new boy
The woman has moved on and started a new chapter in her life with someone else.