Possible Clues:

• ''I am just ___ boy . . .''
• "It's __ sort of memory that only works backward": Carroll
• "I am just — boy ..."
• '... __ player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage': Macbeth
• "... __ player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage": Macbeth
• 'What -- excuse for ...'
• __ excuse for: hardly the best example of
• '...___ player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage...': Macbeth
• "I'm just ___ boy" ("Bohemian Rhapsody" lyric)
• "I am just __ boy, though my story's seldom told": "The Boxer"