[Verse 1]
Never sing for my supper
I never help my neighbour
Never do what is proper
For my fair share of labour

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a poor boy
And I'm a rover
Count your coins and
Throw them over my shoulder
I may grow older

[Chorus]
Nobody knows
How cold it grows
And nobody sees
How shaky my knees
Nobody cares
How steep my stairs
And nobody smiles
If I cross their stiles

[Post-Chorus]
(Oh, poor boy)
(So sorry for himself)
(Oh, poor boy)
(So worried for his health)
"You may say every day
Where will he stay tonight?
[Verse 2]
Never know what I came for
Seems that I've forgotten
Never ask what I came for
Or how I was begotten

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a poor boy
And I'm a ranger
Things I say
May seem stranger than Sunday
Changing to Monday

[Chorus]
Nobody knows
How cold it flows
And nobody feels
The worn-down heels
Nobody's eyes
Make the skies
Nobody spreads
Their aching heads

[Post-Chorus]
(Oh, poor boy)
(So worried for his life)
(Oh, poor boy)
(So keen to take a wife)
He's a mess but he'll say yes
If you just dress in white
[Chorus]
Nobody knows
How cold it grows
And nobody sees
How shaky my knees
Nobody cares
How steep my stairs
And nobody smiles
If I cross their stiles

[Post-Chorus]
(Oh, poor boy)
(So sorry for himself)
(Oh, poor boy)
(So worried for his health)
You may say every day
"Where will he stay tonight?"

[Outro]
(Oh, poor boy)
(So worried for his life)
(Oh, poor boy)
(So keen to take a wife)
(Oh, poor boy)
(So sorry for himself)
(Oh, poor boy)
(So worried for his health)
(Oh, poor boy)