Poor Boy
Album: Ashes in the Ground
By: Todd Whatley
By: Todd Whatley
Duration
4:25
Genres
Description
This is a song about a group of friends who are a little skeptical of their buddy's new lady. They don't want to see him get his "world turned upside down." The only problem is, that's just what he wants to happen!
Lyrics
lisa met her husband joe at a little bar just up the road. he was playing in a rock and roll band. the two sat down and talked awhile, we heard her laugh then saw him smile and they walked away holding hands. and we said poor boy, look at what she's done to you; got your world upside down. but he said oh but wait i like it better that way, i aint gonna turn it back around. some odd years on down the line at a dead end job working overtime he was, playing for pennies in a jar. but every now and then we see old joseph and his beauty queen come strolling into the bar. we still say, poor boy, look at what she's done to you; got your world upside down. but he said oh but wait i like it better that way, i aint gonna turn it back around. joe still picks that old guitar in a country band at this old bar and he lets lisa tag along. yea his worlds still upside down, got his feet in the clouds and his head in the ground but i think that we all had it wrong when we said, poor boy, look at what she's done to you; got your world upside down. but he said oh but wait i like it better that way, i aint gonna turn it back around. now when we see our friend joe, he aint the joe we used to know. he wears a big grin on his face. it seems to me that lisa knew when she met joe just what to do so that we would never ever say, poor boy, look at what she's done to you; got your world upside down. but he said oh but wait i like it better that way, i aint gonna turn it back around.
