There was a boy from Manchester Who never quite fit in With his curly hair and light skin He kinda sounds American
His dad was never home He was a rolling stone And his friends called him crazy When he used to say
I don’t like football and I don’t play cricket I don’t like hip-hop and I don’t play reggae Don’t like Oasis, don’t play P Diddy Don’t wanna get wasted, don’t want your pity
There was a girl back in high school Who said he wasn’t cool He would write her some love songs She’d laugh at him then move on
With braces on his face Too skinny round the waste He was never one of the cool kids ‘Cause he used to say
I don’t like football and I don’t play cricket I don’t like hip-hop and I don’t play reggae Don’t like Oasis, don’t play Tom Petty Don’t wanna get wasted, don’t want your pity
I’m just a boy from Manchester Just tryna do my best My curly hair’s amazing My accent is fading
The things you hate Will become your traits, yeah My friends still they call me They tell me I’m crazy But not much has changed since the old days
Still don’t like football, still don’t play cricket Still don’t like hip-hop, but I do play reggae And I like Oasis and I play Tom Petty Sometimes get wasted, now I love this city
And we’re all laughing now We’re all laughing now Now we’re all winning! Now we’re all winning!
And we’re all laughing now We’re all laughing now Now we’re all winning! Now we’re all winning!