There you are crying grown up tears

But they're coming from your childhood fears

I know you're only a kid at heart

In this world of compromise

Come over here and dry your eyes

Sometimes everything falls apart, I know

When you're only a kid at heart

From a childhood memory (my heart)

To a place we'll never see

Look what we've done

Once you were safe and warm

Now life's an endless storm

Always waking you in the dark

Now you're built of faith and fear

Trying to make it through the year

It's hard to figure out a place to start, I know

When you're only a kid at heart

From a childhood memory (you know my heart)

To a place we'll never see

Look what you've done

In the time it takes

Through each mistake

See what you've become

I know you're only a kid at heart

(I know you're only a kid at heart)

I know you're only a kid at heart

Started out as a bedtime story

Turned into a fight for glory

Sometimes it's hard to make your mark

When you're only a kid at heart

Hard to tell

Where the stories end

And nighttime dreams begin

When you're only a kid at heart

(I know you're only a kid at heart)

I know you're only a kid at heart