The Boy Inside the Man
Tom Cochrane/Red Ryder
===Key:G===Tempo:104==
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So long, so long,
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so long he's been away, so long, so long, so long he's back again,
when I
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turned 17 we had passion, we had dreams thought the love we were
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fighting for was something holy, something more. When I turned
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21, we were outside on the run when I walked out with
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my girl, Ha! we were halfway round the world [rpt] and I, I
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dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the
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boy inside the man I was
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hit hard by a light so bright it burned and all at once I
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knew she'd understand understand understand
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Boy inside the man Boy inside the
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man...
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When I turned 25 we were hungry,
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we had drive Then I turned much older then ah, 'cause the boy was lost
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in pride Now I've just turned 31 and I have lost and I have
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won still I've kept my dreams alive 'cause the boy will never
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die and I dreamed that I saw her standing
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there running for the boy inside the man
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I was hit hard by a light so bright it
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burned and all at once I knew she'd understand
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the boy inside the man
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the boy inside the man!
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ah, do you understand??!!! [instrumental]
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[4]
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[3]
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[2]
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[1] and I, I
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dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the
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boy inside the man............. I was
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hit hard by a light so bright it burned and all at once I
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knew she'd understand understand understand and I
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dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the
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boy inside the man I was
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hit hard by a light so bright it burned, and all at once I
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knew she'd understand understand understand the boy
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inside the man
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the boy inside the man
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the boy inside the man
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the boy inside the man
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the boy inside the man so long, so long, so long he's
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been away so long, so long, so long he's
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back again
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boy inside the man [rave outro]
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[1]
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[end]
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