Only A Kid At Heart
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1995

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G
There you are crying grown up tears

But they're coming from your childhood fears
C             D             G
I know you're only a kid at heart

G
In this world of compromise

Come over here and dry your eyes
C         D                 Bm      Em
Sometimes everything falls apart, I know
C           D             F
When you're only a kid at heart

                 C      Em     F
From a childhood memory    (my heart)
                 C
To a place we'll never see

Dm              D
Look what we've done

G
Once you were safe and warm

Now life's an endless storm
C      D                 G
Always waking you in the dark

G
Now you're built of faith and fear

Trying to make it through the year
C            D                     Bm       Em   
It's hard to figure out a place to start, I know
C           D             F
When you're only a kid at heart

                 C      Em              F
From a childhood memory    (you know my heart)
                 C
To a place we'll never see
Dm               D
Look what you've done

       G
In the time it takes
        B
Through each mistake
Em              A7
See what you've become
C             D             Bm
I know you're only a kid at heart
               Em
(I know you're only a kid at heart)
C             D             G
I know you're only a kid at heart

G     C  D

G
Started out as a bedtime story

Turned into a fight for glory
C         D                      Bm   Em
Sometimes it's hard to make your mark
C           D             G
When you're only a kid at heart

G
Hard to tell
          B
Where the stories end
    Em                 A7
And nighttime dreams begin
C           D             Bm
When you're only a kid at heart
               Em
(I know you're only a kid at heart)
C             D             G
I know you're only a kid at heart

Last Revised: 7 November 1999