Way on the other side of town
lives a boy that's been misunderstood
Just because he lives crosstown
and I live downtown
My family says that he's no good
People listen now,
he may be a boy from Crosstown
But he's sure not the boy that I love
It's not where you come from
that makes what you are
It's what's inside that counts by far
I'm talking about the boy
from Crosstown
Don't you know that he's sure
not the boy that I love
People downtown say he's
troubled now
because on his face he wears a frown.
He only acts the way he does
because he's unwanted
and he's unloved.
He may be a boy from Crosstown,
but he's sure not the boy that I love.
And all the love that he's never known,
I tend to leave it to him alone.
I'm talking about the boy
from Crosstown.
Don't you know that he's showing off
the boy that I love?
Don't you know that I'm talking
about the boy from Crosstown?
He's showing off the boy that I love.
I love him, I love him, oh, yes, I do
Yes, I do
Oh, yes, I do
I love my baby
Oh, my family say
they want what's best for me
A nice young man from society
But I don't want no Dr. Sun, you see
I want the boy that
means the most to me
I want the boy who calls town
Yes, I do,
cause he's the son of
the boy that I love
Others see him as the reckless kind
But in my eyes, he's just a dream divine
And I'm talkin' bout the
boy from Crosstown
Don't you know that he's showin' off
the boy that I love?
Don't want nobody
Oh, he's showin' off the boy that I love
Don't want nobody else