MY BOY
(Based on the 1970 French recording 
"Parce-que Je T'Aime Mon Enfant" by
Jean-Pierre Boutayre & Claude Francois  
-English Lyrics by Phil Coulter & Bill Martin)


Richard Harris - 1971
Elvis Presley - 1973



You're sleeping, son, I know
But really this can't wait
I wanted to explain
Before it gets too late

For your mother and me
Love has finally died
This is no happy home
But God knows how I've tried

Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

I know it's hard to understand
Why did we ever start
We're more like strangers now
Each acting out a part

I have laughed, I have cried
I've lost every game
Taken all I can take
But I'll stay here just the same

Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

Sleep on, you haven't heard a word
Perhaps it's just as well
Why spoil your little dreams
Why put you through the hell

Life is no fairy tale
As one day you will know
But now you're just a child
I'll stay here and watch you grow

Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

Yeah, because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

Yeah, because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2019)