When I was growing up, all the other boys

When I was growing up, all the other boys

My group of friends were fierce and often

My group of friends were fierce and often

Having always been tiny and sensitive in

Having always been tiny and sensitive in

Things you can relate to when your boyhood

Things you can relate to when your boyhood

Being not only the smallest and most sensitive,

Being not only the smallest and most sensitive,

“Follow Greg and his best friends, through

“Follow Greg and his best friends, through

Being the only boy at school with long hair,

Being the only boy at school with long hair,

For the longest time, I so feared that it

For the longest time, I so feared that it

Like all the boys, I so dreamed about being

Like all the boys, I so dreamed about being

If you would have seen us at school, you

If you would have seen us at school, you

  “A rhythmic gymnast and a hockey player

“A rhythmic gymnast and a hockey player

When I was a kid, me and my friends knew

When I was a kid, me and my friends knew

When as a shy, small young boy, you trusted

When as a shy, small young boy, you trusted

wxhluyp: In my schoolboy days, it was a time

wxhluyp: In my schoolboy days, it was a time

For weeks following our entrance into high

For weeks following our entrance into high

In my schoolboy days, it was a time when

In my schoolboy days, it was a time when

Mortified by my mother’s delight of dressing

Mortified by my mother’s delight of dressing

Mother’s erotic romance novels always made

Mother’s erotic romance novels always made

Things you can relate to when you grew up

Things you can relate to when you grew up

The smile mother forced from me for the camera,

The smile mother forced from me for the camera,

Things you can relate to when your boyhood

Things you can relate to when your boyhood

Being the only boy in my class raised without

Being the only boy in my class raised without

Bizarre to me, mother always appeared to

Bizarre to me, mother always appeared to

I remember the first time my father witnessed

I remember the first time my father witnessed

The anxieties of a delicate, sensitive boy

The anxieties of a delicate, sensitive boy

Greg couldn’t believe the situation he

Greg couldn’t believe the situation he

Having had countless sleepovers, my friends

Having had countless sleepovers, my friends

Growing up with a single mother, I would

Growing up with a single mother, I would

As a teen, I was naturally drawn excitably

As a teen, I was naturally drawn excitably

Son: “Mother, why are all those boys staring

Son: “Mother, why are all those boys staring

Over the last year, progressively having

Over the last year, progressively having

Oh youth…..We shy boys, so fearful

Oh youth…..We shy boys, so fearful

How disconcerting it was, when mother would

How disconcerting it was, when mother would

I remember a kid tv show I saw in my boyhood,

I remember a kid tv show I saw in my boyhood,

Where on the previous summer European vacation

Where on the previous summer European vacation

Boyhood memories of being home all alone,

Boyhood memories of being home all alone,

Always having been a sensitive, open minded

Always having been a sensitive, open minded

As a deeply reflective and thoughtful twelve

As a deeply reflective and thoughtful twelve

How disturbing it was, having always been

How disturbing it was, having always been

Teenage angst …..but not like you

Teenage angst …..but not like you

As a shy, sensitive boy, you always had to

As a shy, sensitive boy, you always had to

When alone with mother, she was always a

When alone with mother, she was always a

Relatable: How you so hated it when you were

Relatable: How you so hated it when you were

For a birthday, having been taken out to

For a birthday, having been taken out to

How if I had seen such as ad in my younger

How if I had seen such as ad in my younger

The perfect gift for shy, sensitive boys,

The perfect gift for shy, sensitive boys,

The display of female sexuality was always

The display of female sexuality was always

Always having been the shy, scrawny boy at

Always having been the shy, scrawny boy at