Boy in the Wild World can’t you see
It’s the way it is, life holds many sorrows
Lift up your heart, lean on your dad
When you’re not strong enough, he’ll carry you home
Make all your mistakes, stop yourself falling
When you’re flying low, mind how you go, take heed who you follow
Lift up your heart, lean on your dad
When you’re not strong enough, he’ll carry you home
He’s been there before, he knows the score
The weight of that load, that dark and lonely road
He’ll carry you home
Boy in the Wild World can’t you see
It’s the way it is, life holds many sorrows
Lift up your heart, lean on your dad
When you’ve had enough, he’ll carry you home
He’ll carry you home
I First met Wally Page when he sang at The Meeting Place in Dublin in 1977. We struck up a relationship that lasted until his death in 2022. Along the way we wrote many songs together. I also covered many of his own songs. Months before his death he sent me most of this song. He wondered was there anything in it (there surely was, dear Waldo).
I think this is Wally at his very best. Apart from his writing he was a beautiful soulful singer who exuded warmth, passion and humour when he sang. Wally’s gigs in The Cobblestone and The Five Lamps were legendary. Many of us miss him here in The Black Lagoon.