Only a Boy-Jan and Dean

[ti:Only a Boy] [ar:Jan and Dean] [al:Rare Songs of Jan & Dean (AKA) The Barons, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Only a Boy - Jan and Dean [00:05.25]Only last June [00:06.57] [00:07.44]He got his diploma [00:08.93] [00:09.87]In just a short while [00:11.88]Trainin' in oklahoma [00:13.49] [00:14.96]Learnin' to shoot [00:16.53]To salute shine a boot [00:18.63] [00:19.27]Takin' orders fixin' mortars [00:21.23] [00:21.94]Guardin' our boarders [00:23.45] [00:26.54]He was only a boy [00:27.94] [00:28.48]But had a man's job to do [00:30.59] [00:31.80]Willing to die [00:32.83] [00:33.81]For me for you [00:35.36] [00:39.78]Set sail for vietnam [00:41.43] [00:42.29]To help out our nation [00:43.74] [00:45.03]Tryin' to put down [00:46.26] [00:47.11]The red infiltration [00:48.35] [00:49.78]Fightin' in trenches [00:50.92] [00:51.54]Out in drenches and stenches [00:53.92]Shootin' headlong [00:55.60] [00:56.48]At a throng of viet cong [00:58.18] [01:01.34]He was only a boy [01:03.17]But had a man's job to do [01:05.28] [01:06.33]Willing to die [01:07.41] [01:07.96]Not just for me but for you [01:09.80] [01:14.56]He thought about his folks [01:15.89] [01:16.90]He sure missed his girl [01:18.42] [01:19.26]As bullets and shells [01:21.07]Around him started to swirl [01:22.84] [01:23.94]One ripped through his shirt [01:25.77]Blood spurt man it hurt [01:27.70] [01:28.26]He spun around fell face down [01:30.54] [01:31.41]Head to the ground [01:32.48] [01:35.79]He was only a boy [01:37.57]But had a man's job to do [01:39.89] [01:40.71]Willing to die [01:41.96] [01:43.02]For me for you [01:44.58] [01:48.61]Ah so his parents got a medal [01:50.50] [01:51.14]So his girl got his ring [01:52.83]But to his country he left [01:55.10]One very special thing [01:57.18] [01:57.75]He helped people stay free [02:00.01]From the misery of tyranny [02:02.07] [02:02.97]Yeah he died without fright [02:04.73] [02:05.29]In a fight that he knew was right [02:10.97] [02:14.68]He was only a boy [02:16.63]But had a man's job to do [02:18.69] [02:19.69]Willing to die [02:21.36]Not just for me but for you