The Kid Inside - Barry Manilow

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