G So long so long so long he's been away So long so long so long he's back againG When I turned seventeen We had passion, we had dreamsEm Thought the love we were fighting forC G Was something holy, something moreG When I turned twenty-one we were outside on the runD When I walked out with my girlC G We went halfway around the worldG D C G I dreamed I saw her standing thereEm D C Running for the boy inside the manG D C G I was hit hard by the light so bright it burnedEm D C G All at once I knew she'd understand Boy inside the man The boy inside the man