Elvis Costello — Big Boys alternate version

I am starting to function In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very, very temporary I shall walk Out of this place I shall walk out on you 'Cause you go silly if she's willing Trying so hard to be like the big boys So you take her to the pictures Trying to become a fixture Inch by inch, trying to reach her All the way through the second feature Worrying about your physical fitness Tell me how you got this sickness Oh oh-oh-oh I was caught in the suction By a face like a truncheon I was down upon one knee Stroking her vanity I was stuck on a hammer head I-I-I-I came alive and left for dead As my facе returned to red Choking on my pridе and pity We can talk until your face is blue We can talk, but she'll get to you After you've been loved and hated By the ones you watched and waited Found that they were overrated (She'll be the one) when the party's over (She'll be the one) when the girls have gone home (She'll be the one) that you wished you'd held on to (She'll be the one) but it's too late for you to (She'll be the one) who knows all your history (She'll be the one) so you can cross her off your list So you try so hard You try so hard You try so hard to be like the big boys