Caught In The Crowd-Pop Mania

[ti:Caught In The Crowd] [ar:Pop Mania] [al:School Days] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Caught In The Crowd - Pop Mania [00:11.47]There was a guy at my school when I was in high school [00:14.49]We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles [00:17.33]Never even spoken or faced each other [00:20.05]But on the last hill we'd race each other [00:22.58]When we reached the racks we'd each go our own way [00:25.64]I wasn't in his classes I didn't know his name [00:28.25]When we finally got to speak he just stared at his feet [00:31.35]And mumbled a sentence that ended with 'James' [00:34.96] [00:40.41]I was young and caught in the crowd [00:42.30] [00:43.01]I didn't know then what I know now [00:45.17] [00:45.82]I was dumb and I was proud [00:47.80]And I'm sorry [00:49.47] [00:51.46]If I could go back do it again [00:53.48] [00:54.35]I'd be someone you could call friend [00:56.54] [00:57.17]Please please believe that I'm sorry [01:00.86] [01:02.10]Well he was quite a big guy kinda shy and quiet [01:05.06]When the kids called him weird he didn't try to deny it [01:07.95]Every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself [01:10.62]Round the boundary of the grounds [01:12.01]Till he heard the bell [01:13.53]Well one day I found him joined him on his walk [01:16.32]We were silent for a while until we started to talk [01:19.28]I told him my family were fighting in court [01:22.08]He said his step-dad and him always fought [01:24.20] [01:24.87]We talked about music he was into punk [01:27.92]Told me all the bands that I liked were junk [01:30.69]I said I'd never heard the songs the sex pistols sang [01:33.38]I laughed back at him and then the bell rang [01:38.28] [01:42.52]I was young and caught in the crowd [01:45.02]I didn't know then what I know now [01:47.20] [01:47.93]I was dumb and I was proud [01:50.00]And I'm sorry [01:51.69] [01:53.59]If I could go back do it again [01:55.35] [01:56.37]I'd be someone you could call friend [01:58.56] [01:59.26]Please please believe that I'm sorry [02:03.08] [02:15.73]It was after school in the afternoon [02:17.96] [02:18.69]The corridors were crowded [02:19.82]As we came out of the rooms [02:21.37]Three guys I knew pushed him into the cement [02:23.67] [02:24.39]Threw away his bag and said he had no friends [02:27.09]He yelled that he did and he looked around [02:29.91]Tried getting up but they pushed him on down [02:32.87]That's when he saw me called out my name [02:37.32] [02:38.12]And I turned my back and just walked away [02:42.20] [02:43.82]Yeah I turned my back and just walked away [02:47.93] [02:50.30]I was young and caught in the crowd [02:52.18] [02:52.84]I didn't know then what I know now [02:55.02] [02:55.73]I was dumb and I was proud [02:57.85]And I'm sorry [02:59.43] [03:01.35]If I could go back do it again [03:03.44] [03:04.21]I'd be someone you could call friend [03:06.46] [03:07.03]Please please believe that I'm sorry [03:10.86] [03:18.67]Please please believe that I'm sorry