There's a kid inside
And I have him with me always
There's a kid inside

Walking down old high school hallways
There's a kid inside
At a desk, at a dance, in the halls,in the showers


There's a kid inside
To this very day

And he makes a try for that high pop fly
That I fumble one september
And he makes a fuss

Over some A plus
That I shouldn't still remember
And he goes along

Getting hurt,getting mad,fighting fights that are over
And unless I'm strong
All my senses are carried away

I could fell my hand
My tremblin hand
On the shelf angora sweather

I can hear my band
That awful band,only now it sounds much better
I can see the kid

The kid I use to be
On the stage,on the field,on the lunch line
I can feel him tugging at me

Every time I think I don't care I blink
And he's there again
He's there again

Fighting ancient wrongs

Humming old hit songs in my head

Singing come along,come along
Come along for the ride
To a time and place

I could not forget if I tried
And I never know when the breeze'll blow
With a rush of old sensation

Why the kid should wake
And my heart should ache
Everytime I smell carnations

Something rings the bell
Any thing at all
All it takes is a slam of a locker

Of the switch from summer or fall
A change in season
Seems better than reason

But there he goes
He's there again
Fighting ancient wrong

Humming old hit songs in my head
Singing come along, come along
Come along for the ride

To a time and place
I could not for get if I try
There he goes again


Hummin his songs
He's there again

There's a kid inside
Hummin his songs
He's there again

There's a kid inside