Boy Inside the Man

So long, so long, so long, he's been away So long, so long, so long, he's back again When I turned seventeen We had passion, we had dreams Thought the love we were fighting for Was something holy, something more When I turned twenty-one We were outside on the run When I walked out with my girl, hey We went halfway around the world, around the world and that I dreamed that I saw her standing there They're running for the boy inside the man I was hit hard by the light so bright it burned And all at once I knew she'd understand (understand, understand) Boy inside the man The boy inside the man When I turned twenty-five We were hungry, we had drive When I turned much older then Ah 'cause the boy was lost in pride Now I just turned thirty-one And I have lost and I have won Still I've kept my dreams alive Ah 'cause the boy will never die, never die And that I dreamed that I saw her standing there They're running for the boy inside the man I was hit hard by the light so bright it burned And all at once I knew she'd understand (understand, understand) The boy inside the man The boy inside the man Ah do you understand? And that I dreamed that I saw her standing there They're running for the boy inside the man I was hit hard by the light so bright, it burned And all at once I knew she'd understand (understand, understand) And that I dreamed that I saw her standing there They're running for the boy inside the man I was hit hard by the light so bright, it burned And all at once I knew she'd understand (understand, understand) Boy inside the man (hit hard by the light so bright) The boy inside the man (hit hard by the light so bright) The boy inside the man (hit hard by the light so bright) Boy inside the man yeah (hit hard by the light so bright) So long, so long, so long, he's been away So long, so long, so long, he's back again So long, so long, so long, he's been away So long, so long, so long, he's back again Hey, let it, let it, hey Hey, let it, let it be, let it be Boy inside the man Ah let it be, let it be So long, so long, so long, you been away So long, back again So long, so long, so long, you been away So long, so long, so long, you're back again Sister cool this face As if it's carved in stone Don't leave me in this place Like a boy without a home Like a boy without a home (with a)