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 We went halfway around the world 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 Boy inside the man When I turned twenty-five We were hungry, we had drive When I turned much older then 'Cause the boy was lost in pride Now I just turned thirty-one And I've lost and I have won Still I've kept my dreams alive 'Cause the boy will never die Never die, no 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 Boy inside the man I dreamed understand 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 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 Boy inside the man Boy inside the man 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 Boy inside the man