There was a boy from Manchester Who never quite fit in With his curly hair and light skin He kinda sounds American His dad was never home He was a rolling stone And his friends called him crazy When he used to say "I don't like football and I don't play cricket I don't like hip-hop and I don't play reggae Don't like Oasis, don't play P Diddy Don't wanna get wasted Don't want your pity" (pity) ♪ There was a girl back in high school Who said he wasn't cool He would write her some love song She'd laugh at it and move on The braces on his face Too skinny round the waist He was never one of the cool kids 'Cause he used to say "I don't like football and I don't play cricket I don't like hip-hop and I don't play reggae Don't like Oasis, don't play Tom Petty Don't wanna get wasted Don't want your pity" (pity) ♪ I'm just a boy from Manchester Just tryna do my best My curly hair is amazing, my accent is faded The things you hate Will become your traits, yeah My friends, still they call me They tell me I'm crazy But not much has changed since the old days Still don't like football, still don't play cricket Still don't like hip-hop but I do play reggae And I like Oasis and I play Tom Petty Sometimes get wasted Now I love this city And we're all laughing now We're all laughing now Now we're all winning Now we're all winning ♪ We're all laughing now We're all laughing now Now we're all winning Now we're all winning ♪ And I'm just a boy from Manchester Yeah