Boy Inside the Man

So long, for so long, so long he'd been away

So long, for so long, so long, he's back again

When I turned seventeen

We had passion, we had dreams

Thought the love we were fightin' for

Was somethin' holy, somethin' 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, round the world

And I, I dreamed that I saw her standin' there

There runnin' 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

When I turned twenty-five

We were hungry, we had drive

Then 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 kept my dreams alive

Ah, 'cause the boy will never die (never die)

And I, I dreamed that I saw her standing there

There runnin' 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 I, I dreamed that I saw her standin' there

There runnin' 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 I, I dreamed that I saw her standin' there

There runnin' 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

The boy inside the man, yeah

The boy inside the man

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 him in, let him in, hey

Hey, let him in, let him in, let him in

Boy inside the man

Ah, let him in, let him in

So long, so long, so long he'd been away

So long, back again

So long, so long, so long he'd been away

So long, for so long, so long, he's back again

Sister, cool this face

Ah, 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