Not the Boy Next Door Songtext
von Peter Allen

Comin′ home used to feel so good
I'm a stranger now in my neighborhood
I′ve seen the world at a faster pace
And I'm comin' now from a different place
Though I may look the same way to you
Underneath there is somebody new

I am not the boy next door
I don′t belong like I did before
Nothin′ ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can't have me
I can′t go back there anymore
'Cause I am not the boy next door

You′ve been savin' those souvenirs
Faded photographs from our foolish years
We made plans, but they′re wearin' thin
And they won't work out ′cause I won′t fit in
And those memories would just weigh me down
'Cause I got no place to keep ′em uptown


I am not the boy next door
I don't belong like I did before
Nothin′ ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can't have me
′Cause I am not the boy next door
I don't belong like I did before
Nothin' ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can′t have me
I can′t go back there anymore
'Cause I am not the boy next door

And I′m sorry for just bein' me
But if you look past the past, you could see

That I am not the boy next door
I don′t belong like I did before
Nothin' ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can′t have me
I can't go back there anymore
(I can't go back anymore)
′Cause I am not the boy next door
Oh, I am not the boy next door
I don′t belong like I did before
Nothin' ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can′t have me
'Cause I am not the boy next door
I don′t belong like I did before
Nothin' ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can′t have me


I can't go back there, never anymore
'Cause I am not, I′m not the boy next door
Nothin′ ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can't have me
Oh, I′m not the boy, not the boy next door
I don't belong like I did before
Nothin′ ever seems like it used to be
You can have your dreams, but you can't have me