The Boy Inside the Man Tom Cochrane/Red Ryder ===Key:G===Tempo:104== [lyrics need aligning on each line...] ; ; ; So long, so long, ; ; ; so long he's been away, so long, so long, so long he's back again, when I ; ; ; turned 17 we had passion, we had dreams thought the love we were ; ; ; fighting for was something holy, something more. When I turned ; ; ; 21, we were outside on the run when I walked out with ; ; ; my girl, Ha! we were halfway round the world [rpt] and I, I ; ; ; dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the ; ; ; boy inside the man I was ; ; ; hit hard by a light so bright it burned and all at once I ; ; ; knew she'd understand understand understand ; ; ; Boy inside the man Boy inside the ; ; ; man... ; ; ; When I turned 25 we were hungry, ; ; ; we had drive Then I turned much older then ah, 'cause the boy was lost ; ; ; in pride Now I've just turned 31 and I have lost and I have ; ; ; won still I've kept my dreams alive 'cause the boy will never ; ; ; die and I dreamed that I saw her standing ; ; ; there running for the boy inside the man ; ; ; I was hit hard by a light so bright it ; ; ; burned and all at once I knew she'd understand ; ; ; the boy inside the man ; ; ; the boy inside the man! ; ; ; ah, do you understand??!!! [instrumental] ; ; ; [4] ; ; ; [3] ; ; ; [2] ; ; ; [1] and I, I ; ; ; dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the ; ; ; boy inside the man............. I was ; ; ; hit hard by a light so bright it burned and all at once I ; ; ; knew she'd understand understand understand and I ; ; ; dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the ; ; ; boy inside the man I was ; ; ; hit hard by a 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 ; ; ; the boy inside the man ; ; ; 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 ; ; ; boy inside the man [rave outro] ; ; ; [1] ; ; [end] =============================== Use Courier 10, or some non-proportional ASCII program to align text. You may have to use a word processor to accomodate the width of 80 characters. =============================== Fo' A' That, and A' That It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That That Man to Man, the World O'er Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That Robbie Burns