Boy Next Door-Richard Marx

[00:32.16]Born at the end of a Minnesota freeze [00:35.54]Eldest child of Willy and Louise [00:39.09]His little sister died at the age of four [00:43.62] [00:45.05]The family posed led by Louise [00:47.96]Like right out of some kind of Rockwell scene [00:51.75]But Jake couldn't fake it anymore [00:55.87] [00:57.97]Nobody heard the hammer falling [01:01.12]Sensed that judgement day was calling [01:04.43]Nobody thought to fear the boy next door [01:09.27] [01:10.80]Everybody loves to point their finger [01:13.85]They might as well have pulled the trigger [01:17.20]Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door [01:21.62] [01:23.61]Willy later said he really should've known [01:26.75]The boy spent too much time on his own [01:30.26]And what was on his mind God only knew [01:34.62] [01:36.35]One by one the neighbors went away [01:39.62]A gruesome little game Jake taught himself to play [01:43.13]His daddy always said find something to do [01:47.25] [01:49.28]Nobody heard the hammer falling [01:52.42]Sensed that judgement day was calling [01:55.57]Nobody thought to fear the boy next door [02:00.15] [02:02.15]Everybody loves to point their finger [02:05.15]They might as well have pulled the trigger [02:08.36]Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door [02:12.88] [02:15.78]One less mistake to think about [02:21.23]Cause no one read the writing on the wall [02:25.85] [02:28.40]So much for case 1239 [02:33.54] [02:34.13]Covered up curled up in a ball [02:39.86] [03:06.07]One little page in the history of crime [03:09.86]Lawyers made a fortune for their time [03:12.87]Seems an explanation was never found [03:17.55] [03:18.90]And I hope this tale won't be misunderstood [03:22.37]Things ain't the same in every neighborhood [03:25.97]But before you go to sleep tonight [03:29.73] [03:32.23]Look around [03:33.80] [03:35.81]Nobody heard the hammer falling [03:38.96]Sensed that judgement day was calling [03:42.22]Nobody thought to fear the boy next door [03:46.75] [03:48.66]Everybody loves to point their finger [03:51.96]They might as well have pulled the trigger [03:55.01]Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door