I´m the town cryer and everybody knows
I´m a little down with a lifetime to go
Maybe you don´t believe my heart is in the right place

Why don´t you take a good look at my face
Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip
They´re so teddy bear tender and tragically hip

I´m never going to cry again
I´m going to be as strong as them
They say they´d die for love
And then they live it out
They´ll give you something to cry about
And suddenly you really fall to pieces

I´m the town cryer and everybody knows
I´m a little down with a lifetime to go
Maybe you don´t believe my heart is in the right place
Why don´t you take a good look at my face

Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip
They´re so teddy bear tender and tragically hip

Love and unhappiness go arm in arm
Long suffering friends of your fatal charm
Living for the pity that you´re going to get hurt
Just a little boy lost in a big man´s shirt
And suddenly you really fall to pieces

I´m the town cryer and everybody knows
I´m a little down with a lifetime to go
Maybe you don´t believe my heart is in the right place
Why don´t you take a good look at my face
Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip

They´re so teddy bear tender and tragically hip