Lyric

The Kid That Left Me

Verse 1

When people say you can’t go back

They think it’s about getting old

But it ain’t the years that steal you away

It’s the kid you used to hold

Somewhere along that gravel road

He slipped right out of sight

Didn’t slam the door

Didn’t start a fight

Now I just play the part

Like I still know how

Smile when I’m supposed to

Take a little bow

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Chorus

I can’t go back to that child

It ain’t about time gone by

It’s about the boy inside

Who didn’t say goodbye

Some kids stay wild

Some fade and hide

Yeah, I’m just a man

Playing child inside

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Verse 2

Third grade, after school

Dust hanging in the light

Broom moving back and forth

Everything felt quiet

I used to talk to a voice

Nobody else could hear

Knew more than a kid should know

Whispered in my ear

Told me how grown folks live

How money bends the truth

How the world can trade your wonder

For a suit

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Chorus

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Verse 3

One day I asked that voice

“Tell me who you are.”

There was a little pause

Like a dying radio in a car

That was it

Signal gone

Silence where

He used to hum

Since that day

Something closed

Like a screen door

Nobody ever opened

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Bridge

My life’s like foam on a river

Drifting slow downstream

Sometimes caught in still water

Sometimes chasing a dream

I ain’t promised an ocean

Ain’t racing the tide

If the river runs dry

I’ll let the wind decide

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Final Chorus (Softer)

I can’t go back to that child

It ain’t about growing old

It’s about a little soul

That got too cold

Some kids stay

Some slip aside

Yeah, I’m still out here

Playing child inside