[Intro] [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] And he makes a try for that high pop fly That I fumbled 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 [Verse 3] I could feel my hand - My trembling hand On Michell’s angora sweater I can hear my band - That awful band only now it sounds much better I can see the kid The kid I used 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 4] 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 Every time I smell carnations Something rings the bell anything at all All it takes is a slam of a locker Or the switch from summer to fall A change in season seems barely reason [Chorus] But there he goes 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 for get if I tried [Outro] 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