Am D You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire G C You were rolling out Easy Bake Ovens and tires Am D Another whole day on the Bucks County plain G Clouds rolling in, it's feeling like rain Cm F Back in the yards and the woods by the pool Bb Eb The leaves were on fire when I came home from school Cm F Singing a song that I wrote in myself Bb Singing that I could be something else Ebm G# You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire C# F# I was sitting there watching on half-buried tires Ebm G# Scratching on sidewalks with fingers and stone C# Waiting for time, feeling alone F#m B Taking out pins in the cushions inside E A The rain falling down on the telephone wire F#m B E Falling farther and farther away Am D Those were the days of the model airplanes G C Shooting up rockets for neighborhood fame Am D You on the ground, the remote in your hand G I was sinking on down, my feet in the sand Cm F The rock and roll babysitter's tales Bb Eb Of nights with the boys running off of the rails Cm F They'd spend the whole night on abandoned farms Bb Burning up in each other's arms Ebm G# You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire C# F# You were setting those Easy Bake Ovens on fire Ebm G# I was carving my name on a chalkboard with nails C# Waiting for somebody else to be there F#m B Outside, the dim suburban homes E A With their lawns full of ashtrays and their buckets of phones F#m B E Ringing off mothers in houses all day Am D Back then we had to be cool G C But nobody taught me the rules Am D So I just wrote it all down G On the inside of my fast food paperboard crown Cm F Riding bikes before I learned about brakes Bb Eb Around and around those cul-de-sac lanes Cm F The teens rolling by in their giant green cars Bb Driving like rain, they were kissing like stars Ebm G# You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire C# F# You were building those Tinkertoy castle empires Ebm G# Melting your crayons over tables of flame C# I was feeling alone, I was feeling insane F#m B Dad took a picture on August the ninth E A Of us with the newspaper and the headline F#m B E EsusE 'Ford Steps Up; Nixon Resigns'