Hundred Challenging Things a Boy Can Do

[ti:A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do] [ar:Darren Hayes] [al:This Delicate Thing We’ve Made] [offset:500] [00:00.00]Darren Hayes - A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do [00:21.50] [00:23.50]It was a coal town. [00:29.12]He spent his whole life [00:30.79]In a hole in the ground- [00:32.82]Smashing pieces of earth. [00:37.45]He never really saw the sky. [00:39.91]It was a hard life, [00:45.73]But little black rocks make televisions work, [00:49.60]And put food on the table. [00:53.48]Until the unions cast him aside. [00:57.34] [00:57.78]Now there’s a hundred challenging things a boy can do. [01:05.88]And you’ve waved goodbye, [01:08.28]And held more tears in- [01:10.46]Than anyone ever should. [01:13.21]And all my sorrows pale to insignificance- [01:21.47]That’s why I love you. [01:29.97] [01:46.00]She was in a strange land. [01:51.88]She taught herself to read [01:53.87]From doing crosswords and hiding her accent. [02:00.09]She cast her dreams aside. [02:02.78]She had a spark in her eye. [02:08.50]She never saw her son on his wedding day. [02:12.17]Or our cherry blossoms falling down from the sky. [02:19.82] [02:20.42]Now there’s a hundred challening things a boy can do. [02:28.54]And you’ve waved goodbye, [02:31.00]And held more tears in- [02:33.23]Than anyone ever should. [02:35.92]And all my sorrow pales to insignificance- [02:44.18]That’s why I love you. [02:52.55] [03:10.21]No coal mines- [03:12.28]No, not a trace. [03:14.28]Now shopping malls take their place. [03:18.31]No picket lines. [03:24.44] [03:26.90]The sacrifice- [03:29.07]Dreams overrun. [03:31.10]Hopes for a future for her son in Ollerton. [03:41.50] [03:43.44]And there’s a hundred challenging things a boy can do. [03:51.38]And you’ve waved goodbye, [03:53.94]And held more tears in- [03:56.03]Than anyone ever should. [03:59.04]All my sorrows pale into insignificance- [04:06.96]That’s why she loves you. [04:16.01] [04:41.15][04:32.44]Wave goodbye- [04:45.21][04:36.82]Wave goodbye. [04:48.11][04:39.79]Say goodbye to you. [04:54.73] [04:56.64] [04:58.34]END