George Scherer: Music

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THE KID IN ME
From "millennium blues" 1999, Boo-Boo Records
WRITTEN BY GEORGE SCHERER
COPYRIGHT 1996, GEORGE SCHERER

I REMEMBER A KID, BARELY EIGHT YEARS OLD
RUNNIN' THROUGH THE WOODS, TRUGGIN' THROUGH THE SNOW
FULL OF WIDE EYED WONDER, EVER ANXIOUS TO GROW
I DON'T BELIEVE HE EVER THOUGHT HE EVER WOULD GROW OLD
NOW I WONDER, WHERE'D THAT LITTLE KID GO

I REMEMBER A BOY IN RAGGED JEANS
WHO DREAMED HE WAS THE STAR OF SOME MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM
WITH A LEATHER GLOVE AND A RUBBER BALL
HE'D PRETEND THE BATTER WAS THAT CONCRETE WALL
SOMETIMES I BARELY REMEMBER THAT BOY AT ALL

BUT SOMETIMES THE KID IN ME, COMES TUGGIN' AT MY SLEEVE
BEGGIN' ME TO GIVE HIM ONE MORE REPRIEVE
AND I LET MYSELF GO, SUFFER THE CHILD IN ME TO GROW
SOMETIMES I CAN'T CONTROL THE KID IN ME

I REMEMBER A YOUNG MAN, WITH A BAG BY HIS SIDE
STANDIN' BY THE HIGHWAY, TRYIN' TO FLAG DOWN A RIDE
HE TRUSTED ALMOST EVERYONE HE MET
HE WAS LIVIN' FOR THE MOMENT, NOT LIVIN' WITH REGRET
SOMETIMES I WONDER WHERE THAT YOUNG MAN WENT

SOMETIMES I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND I'M STARTLED BY WHAT I SEE
I WONDER WHO THAT OL' FOOL IS WHO'S STARRING BACK AT ME

BUT SOMETIMES THE KID IN ME, COMES TUGGIN' AT MY SLEEVE
BEGGIN' ME TO GIVE HIM ONE MORE REPRIEVE
AND I LET MYSELF GO, SUFFER THE CHILD IN ME TO GROW
SOMETIMES I CAN'T CONTROL THE KID IN ME.