The Kid

This city imposes a hard toll on you
Most of the time it just ain't worth the pain
I'm going back to where I started
I need to find out where I took the first wrong turn
In my heart still lives a kid
I got pictures to prove he looks like me
In my heart I'm still young and free and man
I'm not tired of trying yet

You can kill yourself for a lover
Or just go outside and find another
Put yourself to sleep in September
Or wear your jacket on and remember there are
Many summers left, many reasons
To look straight ahead, there's no poison in me
You can run away to your mother
Or move those tiny feet and go along with the flow

Downtown streets are packed with losers
Dying of thirst and waiting for the rain
But no rain comes for those who choose to sit
And slowly let their days go by on them
Somehow they forgot the kid
That rode on fast trains to unknown fortunes
Oh, that kid was just like me and I
I'm not tired of trying yet

You can kill yourself for a lover
Or just go outside and find another
Put yourself to sleep in September
Or wear your jacket on and remember there are
Many summers left, many reasons
To look straight ahead, there's no poison in me
You can run away to your mother
Or move those tiny feet and go along with the flow

You can kill yourself for a lover
Or just go outside and find another
Put yourself to sleep in September
Or wear your jacket on and remember there are
Many summers left, many reasons
To look straight ahead, there's no poison in me
You can run away to your mother
Or move those tiny feet and go along with the flow