There was a guy at my school when I was in high school    We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles    Never even spoken or faced each other    But on the last hill we'd race each other       When we reached the racks we'd each go our own way    I wasn't in his classes, I didn't know his name    When we finally got to speak he just stared at his feet    And mumbled a sentence that ended with 'James'       I was young and caught in the crowd    I didn't know then what I know now    I was dumb, and I was proud    And I'm sorry    If I could go back do it again    I'd be someone you could call friend    Please please believe that I'm sorry       Well he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet    When the kids called him weird he didn't try to deny it    Every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself    Round the boundary of the grounds til he heard the bell       Well one day I found him, joined him on his walk    We were silent for a while until we started to talk    I told him my family were fighting in court    He said his step-dad and him always fought       We talked about music, he was into punk    Told me all the bands that I liked were junk    I said I'd never heard the songs the sex pistols sang    I laughed back at him and then the bell rang       I was young and caught in the crowd    I didn't know then what I know now    I was dumb, and I was proud    And I'm sorry    If I could go back do it again    I'd be someone you could call friend    Please please believe that I'm sorry       It was after school in the afternoon    The corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms    Three guys I knew pushed him into the cement    Threw away his bag and said he had no friends       He yelled that he did and he looked around    Tried getting up but they pushed him on down    That's when he saw me, called out my name    And I turned my back, and just walked away   Yeah i turned my back, and just walked away      I was young and caught in the crowd   I didn't know then what i know now   I was dumb, and i was proud   And I'm sorry   If I could go back, do it again   I'd be someone you could call friend   Please please, believe that I'm sorry.   Please please, believe that I'm sorry.