See a kid dragging himself
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Dragging himself to the schoolyard
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Looks like his mom's taking him
Taking him right to the vultures
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Feels like we're playing a scene
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A scene we all know
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But it's always, always the same ones
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There's the man clapping his hands
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And it's not the sound that grabs him
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But it's always the same refrain
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When the man claps, school starts again
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And that kid there is me
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I see him like a stranger
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I don't know, I don't know anymore
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And hey kid, do you remember?
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
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See a kid discovering
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The girls' eyes and the doctor
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And I'd like to warn him
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Tell him my doubts and my fears
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My grown-up fears, my adult fears
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Tell him watch out 'cause in the end
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Your little head and heart
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Will make me what I am
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And there's the girl who drives him crazy
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And it's no small thing, I can see that
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The kid learns love and everything
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And everything gets way more blurry
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And that kid there is me
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I see him like a stranger
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I don't know, I don't know anymore
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And hey kid, do you remember?
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
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See a kid wandering
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Is he busy thinking about me
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Busy imagining himself grown-up
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If suddenly he turns around
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And if suddenly, right then, he sees me
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Will he see deep down inside me
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That I don't even recognize him
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And all his buddies are around
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The girls, the teachers and the vultures
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There's everything that builds him
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And I'm only the fruit of it
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me