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There's a kid inside, |
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and I have him with me always. |
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There's a kid inside, |
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Walking down old high school hallways. |
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Where's a kid inside, |
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At a desk, at a dance, in the halls,in the showers. |
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There's a kid inside to this very day. |
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And he makes a try for that high pop fly, |
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That I fumbled one September. |
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And he makes a fuss over some A plus, |
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That I shouldn't still remember. |
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And he goes along, |
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Getting hurt, getting mad, fighting fights that are over. |
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And unless I'm strong, |
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All my senses are carried away. |
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I can feel my hand, my trembling hand, |
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On Michelle's angora sweater. |
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I can hear my band, that awful band, |
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Only now it sounds much better. |
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I can see the kid, the kid I use to be, |
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On the stage, on the field, on the lunch line. |
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I can feel him tugging at me, |
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Every time I think I don't care I blink, |
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and he's there again, he's there again. |
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Fighting ancient wrongs, |
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Humming old hit songs in my head. |
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Singing come along, come along, |
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Come along for the ride. |
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To a time and place, |
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I could not forget if I tried. |
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And I never know, when the breeze'll blow, |
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With a rush of old sensation. |
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Why the kid should wake, |
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And my heart should ache, |
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Everytime I smell carnations. |
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Something rings the bell, |
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Any thing at all, |
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All it takes is a slam of a locker. |
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Or the switch from summer to fall, |
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A change of season seems barely reason, |
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But there he goes, he's there again. |
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Fighting ancient wrongs, |
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Humming old hit songs in my head. |
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Singing come along, come along, |
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Come along for the ride. |
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To a time and place, |
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I could not for get if I tried. |
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There he goes again, |
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Hummin his songs. |
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He's there again, |
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There's a kid inside... |
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Hummin his songs. |
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Fighting ancient wrongs, |
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Humming old hit songs in my head. |
