Homeboy is track nine on the 1997 James album Whiplash.
It is another song where Tim’s technique of using phonetics to mark lyrics stuck, apparently he didn’t even know what a Homeboy was at the time. The track was originally titled Homeboy or Girl and the verses were completely different until Tim took sections of a track called Fishknives and threw the lyrics into the chorus of Homeboy.
Performed live, the track gained an upbeat pulsing intro and was a particular crowd favourite on the Whiplash tour. A live version recorded at Shepherds Bush Empire in London by BBC Radio 1 was released on the b-side of the Waltzing Along single.
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You're a late child
You're a love child
It's enough, child
That you're so appealing
You're appealing, you're appealing
To a need that we all have been feeling
You don't fit where you've been put
They're so straight
Straight out of some book
Tried to fake it with the real men
Tried to fill your father's size ten
Alone in this world
You're not a boy or a girl
Don't let them wear you down
What a wonderful ego
You should be so proud
Far out is the life for you
Not just a life, but you must make do
Alone in this world
You're not a boy or a girl
Nothing is certain,
Every things changed
More than just words when it's you who's in pain
You hold the chalice, you hold the plane
Bring them together and see what you've made
Facing the future inside a cocoon
Feel in control when you've been so abused
Alone in this world
You're not a boy or a girl
You're not alone in this world
(Homeboy, boy or a girl)
You're not a boy or a girl
(Homeboy, boy or a girl)
You're not a boy or a girl
(Homeboy, boy or a girl)
You're not a boy or a girl
You're a love child
It's enough, child
That you're so appealing
You're appealing, you're appealing
To a need that we all have been feeling
You don't fit where you've been put
They're so straight
Straight out of some book
Tried to fake it with the real men
Tried to fill your father's size ten
Alone in this world
You're not a boy or a girl
Don't let them wear you down
What a wonderful ego
You should be so proud
Far out is the life for you
Not just a life, but you must make do
Alone in this world
You're not a boy or a girl
Nothing is certain,
Every things changed
More than just words when it's you who's in pain
You hold the chalice, you hold the plane
Bring them together and see what you've made
Facing the future inside a cocoon
Feel in control when you've been so abused
Alone in this world
You're not a boy or a girl
You're not alone in this world
(Homeboy, boy or a girl)
You're not a boy or a girl
(Homeboy, boy or a girl)
You're not a boy or a girl
(Homeboy, boy or a girl)
You're not a boy or a girl
| Song: | Homeboy |
| Released: | 24th February 1997 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Whiplash |
| First Heard Live: | Sheffield Leadmill – 25th January 1997 |
- Whiplash (early advance promo) :Promo, Album, 1996
- Whiplash (promo) :Promo, Album, 1997
- Whiplash Canadian promo CD :Promo, Album, 1997
- Whiplash (Japan) :Studio, Album, 1997
- Whiplash (Vinyl Master) :Promo, Album, 1997
- Whiplash :Studio, Album, 1997
- James BBC In Concert IC0713 (1997) :Promo, EP, 1997
- Waltzing Along :Studio, Single, 1997
- Whiplash (reissue CDR) :Promo, Album, 2001
- Portland La Luna – 2nd May 1997
- Vancouver The Rage – 1st May 1997
- BBC Radio 1 Mary Anne Hobbs – 9th April 1997
- Manchester Apollo – 28th March 1997
- Liverpool Royal Court – 27th March 1997
- Wolverhampton Civic Hall – 25th March 1997
- Cambridge Corn Exchange – 24th March 1997
- Leicester De Montfort Hall – 23rd March 1997
- London Shepherd’s Bush Empire – 21st March 1997
- London Shepherd’s Bush Empire – 20th March 1997
- Southampton Guild Hall – 18th March 1997
- Newport Centre – 16th March 1997
- Glasgow Barrowlands – 14th March 1997
- Middlesbrough Town Hall – 13th March 1997
- Atlanta Roxy – 1st March 1997
- New York Tramps – 28th February 1997
- Washington 9.30 Club – 27th February 1997
- Cambridge, MA; Lizard Lounge – 25th February 1997
- London GLR – 28th January 1997
- London Camden Dingwalls – 27th January 1997
- Bristol Fleece And Firkin – 26th January 1997
- Sheffield Leadmill – 25th January 1997
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